Thermodynamics and Relativity: A Message to Physics Teachers (for an easier understanding of the thermodynamic theory)
arXiv:0711.4342
Abstract
Whoever has to learn or to teach thermodynamics is confronted with conceptual difficulties which are specific to this field of physics ([1],[2]). It seems that they can be eliminated by inserting relativity in the thermodynamic theory. The aim of this paper is to summarize the problem and draw attention upon a fundamental point of the discussion.
5 pages. (Submitted today to the American Journal of Physics)