wn as the
&quot;First Law of Thermodynamics.&quot; It states that
&quot;energy can be changed from one form to another, but it is
neither created nor destroyed.&quot; By the time this thought
became universally believed, it had totally transformed the
intellectual landscape of mechanics, physics and energy dynamics.
This was a clean break from the set of thoughts and assumptions
that had come forward from antiquity. A new era in science had
begun.</font></p>

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