Re: [Phys-l] Physics Grammar

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

There are microwave cameras also.    Well I take that back it doesn't 
use a lens, but is as much a camera as is a holographic camera *.  I 
doubt, except to be difficult, you will find any one using the 
expression microwave light.

* Help!  How does one punctuate this sentence?

bc will be rather surprised if he's not requested for a description of 
such a camera.  Teaser: It's an ordinary polaroid camera back and 
prepared high speed polaroid film.

John M Clement wrote:

> > 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.
> >
> >    
>
> Of course this is only true for normal human eyes.  I understand that 
> if you use an ultraviolet transparent lens in the eye, you can 
> actually see it.  And of course there are infrared cameras.
>
> My big vote goes for banning the term gravity as a noun, and only 
> using it as an ajective, gravitational.  It is very hard to fight both 
> tradition and 2nd grade teachers.
>
> While terminology may often mislead, student misconceptions are often 
> taught, and also arise spontaneously without any misleading 
> terminology.
>
> John M. Clement
> Houston, TX
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