Re: Y chromosome, dropped magnet, S pole in Canada

[Larry Smith <larry.smith@SNOW.EDU>]

At 9:10 AM -0500 7/6/03, John Clement wrote:
> Looking at the World Book encyclopedia, that terminology is not used at
> all.  It actually has a number of good observations but the first
> sentence is extremely bad.  "Magnetism is a force that acts between
> certain objects called magnets."

1. Why is it bad?

2. How would you have worded it?

Thanks,
Larry