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

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2112.11678v1
• Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2021 06:04:59 GMT
• Title: On Feynman's Discussion of Classical Physics Failing at Specific Heat
• Authors: Blake C. Stacey
• Abstract summary: I provide the backstory on how a historical error in the Feynman Lectures on Physics was corrected. I provide the backstory on how a historical error in the Feynman Lectures on Physics was corrected.
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• Abstract: I provide the backstory on how a historical error in the Feynman Lectures on Physics was corrected.

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