This is an extra credit assignment in my physics class. Does anyone know? I have no clue, a google search came up with nothing.
Who invented the concept of energy?
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my best guess is the guy who came up with the 4 or 5 elements of life: earth, water, fire, and some other things. I think he was aristotle..or some greek guy.
Found this on a search:
Young, Thomas
1773-1829, English physicist, physician, and Egyptologist. He was professor of natural philosophy (1801-3) at the Royal Institution, where he presented the modern physical concept of energy, and was elected (1811) a staff member of St. George's Hospital, London. He stated (1807) a theory of color vision known as the Young-Helmholtz theory and described the vision defect called ASTIGMATISM. Reviving the wave theory of LIGHT, Young applied it to refraction and dispersion phenomena. He also established a coefficient of elasticity (Young's modulus; see STRENGTH OF MATERIALS) and helped to decipher the ROSETTA STONE.
Young, Thomas
1773-1829, English physicist, physician, and Egyptologist. He was professor of natural philosophy (1801-3) at the Royal Institution, where he presented the modern physical concept of energy, and was elected (1811) a staff member of St. George's Hospital, London. He stated (1807) a theory of color vision known as the Young-Helmholtz theory and described the vision defect called ASTIGMATISM. Reviving the wave theory of LIGHT, Young applied it to refraction and dispersion phenomena. He also established a coefficient of elasticity (Young's modulus; see STRENGTH OF MATERIALS) and helped to decipher the ROSETTA STONE.
This is a pretty vague question, energy can take so many forms. I'd try to find a college textbook. The one I used in college for my classes was Fundamentals of Physics - 5th ed. They might have it in there, but I could be wrong...
All else fails, draw a picture of a dude starting a fire with 2 rocks. Cavemen never get the credit they deserve.
All else fails, draw a picture of a dude starting a fire with 2 rocks. Cavemen never get the credit they deserve.
I'd be inclined to say Joule too, expecially in a physics class since Joule was a physicist (you know what I mean!).
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The concept of perpetual motion and entropy (uncontrolled energy) was first discovered by my two-year-old niece.. 
The theory was then confirmed by my 7-month-old daughter who proceeded to expand the theorem to include the amount of energy/force required to achieve escape velocity with an animal cracker. Hehe!
The theory was then confirmed by my 7-month-old daughter who proceeded to expand the theorem to include the amount of energy/force required to achieve escape velocity with an animal cracker. Hehe! JohnnyGuru is correct; that's why it's called the Gorelectron.
Actually, electricity was invented by Voltaire.
Actually, electricity was invented by Voltaire.
<< 4 or 5 elements of life: earth, water, fire >>
The 5th is "Quintessence"
It has to do with the five regular polyhedra...
tetrahedron
cube
octahedron
dodecahedron
icosahedron
Thales of Miletus (640-546 B.C.) invented electricity, hence the word electricity comes from "elektron" the Greek word for amber that was use to rub together to create static electricity.
History of Electricity
The Aristotilian Periodic Chart of the Elements:
Earth / Water / Air / Fire / Quintessence (Ether)
Properties of Earth Element: Pick some up, release, watch it fall back to Earth through water, air, and fire.
Properties of Water Element: Pick some up, release, it falls to Earth through air and fire but pools atop Earth element.
Properties of Fire Element: Rises through air away from Earth and Water elements.
Properties of Air Element: Cup hands, capturing air between. Hold hands beneath water. Release air. Air rises through and away from Water and Earth elements.
Is the Sun (are the stars) made of Fire element? If so, the sun (stars) would get smaller and smaller as it (they) moved farther away from the Earth and eventually out of sight.
Is the moon made of Earth element? If so, the moon would get bigger and bigger as it falls toward and then onto Earth.
Properties of Quintessence element: Celestial objects made of it neither rise away from Earth nor descend towards Earth, keeping a uniform distance from Earth and moving in perfect, circular orbits about Earth.
Earth / Water / Air / Fire / Quintessence (Ether)
Properties of Earth Element: Pick some up, release, watch it fall back to Earth through water, air, and fire.
Properties of Water Element: Pick some up, release, it falls to Earth through air and fire but pools atop Earth element.
Properties of Fire Element: Rises through air away from Earth and Water elements.
Properties of Air Element: Cup hands, capturing air between. Hold hands beneath water. Release air. Air rises through and away from Water and Earth elements.
Is the Sun (are the stars) made of Fire element? If so, the sun (stars) would get smaller and smaller as it (they) moved farther away from the Earth and eventually out of sight.
Is the moon made of Earth element? If so, the moon would get bigger and bigger as it falls toward and then onto Earth.
Properties of Quintessence element: Celestial objects made of it neither rise away from Earth nor descend towards Earth, keeping a uniform distance from Earth and moving in perfect, circular orbits about Earth.
Although you guys named some pretty good names none of them "invented" anything.
They were simply the first to describe/prove natural phenomena that had been here long before them.
I'd have to say Newton because of the math (Calculus) to describe things objectively.
They were simply the first to describe/prove natural phenomena that had been here long before them.
I'd have to say Newton because of the math (Calculus) to describe things objectively.
goog40 is correct, it was Thomas Young (1807) who first used the word 'energy' in the modern scientific context.
"The word Energy comes ultimately from Greek ergon 'deed, work.' This was a descendant of Indo-European *wergon, which also produced English work, liturgy, organ, and orgy. Addition of the prefix en- "at" produced the adjective energes or energos 'at work,' hence 'active,' which Aristotle used in his Rhetoric and the basis of the noun energeio, signifying a metaphor which conjured up an image of something moving or being active. This later came to mean 'forceful expression,' or more broadly still 'activity, operation.' English acquired the word via late Latin energia." -- Dictionary of Word Origins, Arcade (1990)
superwombat;
"The word Energy comes ultimately from Greek ergon 'deed, work.' This was a descendant of Indo-European *wergon, which also produced English work, liturgy, organ, and orgy. Addition of the prefix en- "at" produced the adjective energes or energos 'at work,' hence 'active,' which Aristotle used in his Rhetoric and the basis of the noun energeio, signifying a metaphor which conjured up an image of something moving or being active. This later came to mean 'forceful expression,' or more broadly still 'activity, operation.' English acquired the word via late Latin energia." -- Dictionary of Word Origins, Arcade (1990)
superwombat;
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