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4. So true. This idea has been kicking around a long time, and has been misleading

Sun Jan 6, 2013, 09:34 PM

Jan 2013

exactly that long. Scientists need to think more carefully before they name things with misleading names.

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I remember tama Jan 2013 #1

This is just playing games with Boltzmann's formula ... eppur_se_muova Jan 2013 #2

Thermodynamic beta tama Jan 2013 #5

It's more like games with the concept of "temperature".. sir pball Jan 2013 #6

Someone put a thermometer in Dick Cheney's heart? Fumesucker Jan 2013 #3