James Putnam

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Should the units of kilograms and degrees Kelvin be made defined units?

There are four units of physics that are undefined units; meters, seconds, kilograms, degrees of temperature. Both kilograms and degrees of temperature, the Kelvin temperature scale for example,...

06 June 2017 4,172 3 View

Has the dilation of the property of time been confirmed by empirical evidence to be physically real?

It is accepted that length-contraction is real. I argue that there is empirical evidence for its correctness. I deny that the property of time dilates. The Lorentz transforms for time-dilation and...

08 August 2016 916 89 View

What is mass? Do you remember from introductory physics that mass has always been one of three indefinable properties of mechanics?

The purpose of posing this question is to reveal that physicists do not know what mass is. My position is that mass could have been and should have been a defined property. To this day it remains...

08 August 2016 2,838 8 View

What is temperature?

Both the property of temperature and its units of degrees Kelvin are each indefinable. It is the units that represent temperature in physics equations. Those units are not derived from the units...

06 June 2016 4,508 52 View

What physical event did Clausius discover when he wrote his mathematical expression for thermodynamic entropy?

My previous question: 'What is temperature?' was not answered correctly by physicists. (A correct answer will necessarily be accompanied by defined units. As long as the units, degrees Kelvin, of...

01 January 1970 9,665 28 View