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Mirowski P., More heat than light (1989 Cambr.UP), Chap.2. pp.11-98 The history of the energy concept.< It's a great book for various other reasons.>
For Ernst Mach, energy was more or less defined as the ability to do
work. Although "work" could mean many things to many people, Mach felt
it was merely an historical accident that the term ...
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