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American Association of Physics Teachers

AAPT is a professional membership association of scientists dedicated to enhancing the understanding and appreciation of physics through teaching. AAPT was established in 1930 with the fundamental goal of ensuring the "dissemination of knowledge of physics, particularly by way of teaching."

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March 01 2025

Eddy currents of a magnet falling through a copper pipe with slits

Keith Zengel, Lauren Boehnert et al.

in American Journal of Physics

We present a theoretical model for the eddy currents induced by a cylindrical magnet falling through a copper pipe with vertical slits and the resulting inductive drag force. This system maintains ...

March 01 2025

Toward a more coherent and profession-related physics teacher education: Linking subject-specific and physics education content in the study entry phase

Antonia Bauer, Jonas Gleichmann et al.

in American Journal of Physics

The introductory phase of the physics teacher education program at the Friedrich–Alexander University Erlangen–Nuremberg (FAU), Germany, was redesigned to improve the coherence of the program and ...

March 01 2025

Kepler's Moon puzzle—A historical context for pinhole imaging

Thomas Quick, Johannes Grebe-Ellis

in American Journal of Physics

In 16th-century European astronomy, determining the sizes of the Sun and Moon using a pinhole camera was common. However, calculating the Moon's diameter from the concave segment of the partially ...

March 01 2025

Note on a classical case of self-organization: The Persian Immortals

Santos Bravo Yuste

in American Journal of Physics

In an article in this journal, Kanellopoulos, Razis, and van der Weele provided a key formula that describes the evolution of the cumulative distribution of the Persian Immortals' fighting abilities ...

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