Publication details
Teplo nebo energie? Poznámky k slovnímu vyjadřování v termodynamice
| Title in English | Heat or energy? Remarks on verbal expression in thermodynamics |
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| Year of publication | 2019 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | Thermodynamics is a difficult part of physics and is not very popular with pupils and students. Research conducted at schools in the Czech Republic and in the world repeatedly identifies misconceptions, such as confusion of state and process variables and the concept of energy or heat as a substance. However, the causes of the difficulty of studying thermodynamics remain unclear. We believe that the natural language by which the thermodynamic phenomena are interpreted is largely to blame. Language is a tool of communication, but it is also a tool of thinking. Language of thermodynamics is not logically consistent and can be an obstacle to understanding physics. Language in which modern textbooks are written provides various opportunities for students to get trapped. |