Phil Cook wrote:
> And lo on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:38:17 -0000, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> 
> did spake, saying:
>>   Isn't that kind of contradictory with the very definition of absolute
>> zero temperature? By definition if there's movement it's not absolute 
>> zero.
> To tie this back to your original query the concept of absolute zero 
> resided in 'classical' science whereas ZPE belongs in quantum science. 
> Once again we have two otherwise accurate methods disagreeing.

Not as such; if absolute zero is defined as the temperature at which all 
molecular motion ceases, and ZPE is an accurate description of what 
exists, then one simply says "absolute zero is an unattainable property 
due to the phenomenon of zero-point energy".

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Tim Cook
http://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-empyrean

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