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C2 notes: Sound and light

Someone with no knowledge of physics would probably answer that there aren't any similarities. You see light with your eyes and you hear sound with your ears. Sound is produced by vibrating objects but light is (generally) produced by hot ones. Light travels in straight lines whereas sound goes around corners. It is true that the natures of sound and light are completely different. Sound is changes in air pressure...

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