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Fantastic though it may seem, molecules do possess kinetic energy –
called the zero point energy – at absolute zero (‘Infinitely hot’, Letters,
13 March). The concept of an absolute maximum temperature, however, I find
too hot to handle.

Simon Dobbs Market Harborough Leicestershire

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