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From steam engines to bioenergetics
Thermodynamics is a combination of the Greek words for heat and energy. But are they the same thing? Watch Dr James McEvoy explain in this short video
The science of thermodynamics started with steam engines. We use the same concepts and laws of thermodynamics to analyze biological energy.
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