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Re: [Phys-l] EM, is it energy

From: Jack Uretsky <jlu@hep.anl.gov>
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 19:00:50 -0600 (CST)

Hi all-
The languate is unforgivably horrible. Energy is "thing" that can appear in various "forms"? Is Yo-Yo Ma a form of music? Is Tiger Woods a form of athletics?
Please, our common language deserves better than this!!
Regards,
Jack

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007, Craig & Margaret Lucanus wrote:

Hi List,
In discussion with my students about different forms of energy , a student
asked whether light (EM) is a form of energy at all, or whether it is really
just a mode of transmission of potential energy. This was a good question,
with the ensuing debate entertaining the class. Heck, what is light?
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- [Phys-l] Vary-One-Variable Protocols (was Psychologists Respond etc...)
  - From: Brian Whatcott <betwys1@sbcglobal.net>
- [Phys-l] COLD FUSION
  - From: Ludwik Kowalski <kowalskil@mail.montclair.edu>
- [Phys-l] EM, is it energy
  - From: "Craig & Margaret Lucanus" <lucanus@iinet.net.au>

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