Misleading concepts in physics: dark energy
- Thread starter RJM
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There are some rather everyday examples, too, where physicists use words differently from everyone else.
Mass and weight. (The latter is a force)
Temperature and heat. (The latter is energy)
Centrifugal "force". (It's not a force, but inertia)
"Theory". (To physicists, it means it's a well understood natural law, rather than speculation)
Maybe I'll come up with more...
Mass and weight. (The latter is a force)
Temperature and heat. (The latter is energy)
Centrifugal "force". (It's not a force, but inertia)
"Theory". (To physicists, it means it's a well understood natural law, rather than speculation)
Maybe I'll come up with more...
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