The Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution of energies
If no heat was distributed, then our faces and those parts closest…
Motion of particles in the gas phase
The question, ‘What is pressure?’ is another odd question, but is not…
The effects of temperature on density
The air around a hot radiator soon acquires heat. We explain this…
‘The material of action so variable’
The classical author Epictetus (ca 50–ca 138 AD) once said, ‘The materials…
The practice of thermodynamic measurement
Although the answer to the simple question ‘what is temperature?’ seems obvious…
Thermal equilibrium and the zeroth law of thermodynamics
A fever is often the first visible sign of someone developing an…
Laws and the minus-oneth law of thermodynamics
Feeling the temperature of a radiator is one of the simplest of…
