Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Starmaker Newsgroups: sci.physics.relativity Subject: Re: Geophysics is a misnomer Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 22:58:39 -0800 Organization: The Starmaker Organization Lines: 32 Message-ID: <63A15D1F.464D@ix.netcom.com> References: Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: reader01.eternal-september.org; posting-host="47e677b7ed75cb03d82a655d6f66da20"; logging-data="670272"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+JniJL9i8ZQJAtsYgYM5gof7YXEwf8pyg=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:hS32e2HUeUCXs8air8nppK7abzs= X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 221219-10, 12/19/2022), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Xref: csiph.com sci.physics.relativity:597903 Thomas Heger wrote: > > Hi NG > > In my view ‘geophysics’ is a misnomer. > > ‘Geo’ means ‘Earth’ and the science (‘-logy’) about Earth is therefore > geology. > > Geology is a typical applied science and uses several other sciences as > foundations, to which also physics belongs. > > The part of physics usable for geology should not be called > ‘geophysics’, because Earth is just one of many possible planets and > other planets than Earth are not supposed to maintain different physics. > > The physics usable for geology is therefore the subset of physics, which > applies to planets in general, not only to Earth. A name like ‘planetary > physics’ is therefore more appropriate to what physicists are supposed > to deliver in valid and usable form to geology. > > TH Ask a planetary physics if Pluto is a planet...watch him stutter....daddadeadududududuudaududuauaauidon'tknow. -- The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable, to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, and challenge the unchallengeable.