written by
Paul Doherty
This site by Paul Doherty, Senior Scientist at the Exploratorium, describes the burning peanut experiment and provides an introduction to food energy and how it is measured. The site presents an explanation of how food energy is converted to other forms in the human body. Also included is a discussion of the first law of thermodynamics, with applications to dieting.
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Author = "Paul Doherty",
Title = {Counting Calories},
Volume = {2025},
Number = {2 May 2025},
Year = {2000}
}
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