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The First Law of Thermodynamics, the idea that energy cannot be created nor destroyed, but is converted from one form to another, is familiar to many of us from our experience of the world. While the formal study of energy can quickly become abstract, the modules in this chapter are designed to keep our explorations rooted in topics that resonate with our lives.
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Riley, D. (2012). The First Law: Making Theory Relevant. In: Engineering Thermodynamics and 21st Century Energy Problems. Synthesis Lectures on Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-79342-4_3
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