Re: [Phys-l] Physics Grammar

["Josh GATES" <jgates@sbschool.org>]

So, instead of "speed of light," we should say "speed of electromagnetic
radiation?"  This one doesn't have my vote.
jg

Josh Gates
Stoneleigh-Burnham School
Greenfield MA

Forum for Physics Educators <phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu> on
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 at 11:03 AM -0500 wrote:
> The Physics Teacher, current issue (Feb 2008), page 74, has a couple of
> items relating to "physics grammar" that I would like the list's response
> to.
>
> ------begin quote------
>
> 1. Light is defined as that portion of the Electromagnetic Spectrum to
> which the human eye is sensitive.  So light is "visible Electromagnetic
> Radiation (EMR)."  Thus "visible light" is redundant because it would
> translate to "visible visible EMR."  The terms "infrared light" and
> "ultraviolet light" are also incorrect because "light" is the visible part
> of the EMR and infrared and ultraviolet radiation are not visible.
>
> ------end quote---------
>
> The author has a second grammar point too, but I'm more interested in the
> list's response to the first one.
>
> Cheers,
> Larry
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