On Saturday, August 8, 2015 at 12:26:34 PM UTC+1, Alastair wrote:
I learnt my Kinematics at University while studying for an engineering degree,

There, apparently, you learned this:

'if you shine cold radiation on an object it becomes colder'.

I'm sure it wasn't your teachers, it would have been you simply not understanding basic thermodynamics.

Just hilarious to watch you here, Alastair. It really is bsolutely hilarious.