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On Feynman's Discussion of Classical Physics Failing at Specific Heat

History and Philosophy of Physics 2021-12-23 v1 Statistical Mechanics Physics Education Quantum Physics

Abstract

I provide the backstory on how a historical error in the Feynman Lectures on Physics was corrected.

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@article{arxiv.2112.11678,
  title  = {On Feynman's Discussion of Classical Physics Failing at Specific Heat},
  author = {Blake C. Stacey},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.11678},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

4 pages; 1 sense of puzzle- or vague bemusement