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

[Herbert H Gottlieb <herbgottlieb@JUNO.COM>]

On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 15:15:26 -0600 Larry Smith <larry.smith@SNOW.EDU>
writes:
> 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?

*** The statement is bad for several reasons.
In my World Book Encyclopedia there is a picture of a hand holding
a chunk of lodestone with a few metal paper clips hanging from
the bottom of the rock. This certainly does not apply to a
"force that acts between certain objects called magnets". There is
only ONE magnet in the illustration.


> 2. How would you have worded it?

*** It would have been better to say, "Magnetism is a force
associated with magnets and magnetic materials".
> Thanks, Larry

*** I hope that my contribution was helpful.
*** Herb
>


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