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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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November 01 2024
Zurab K. Silagadze
in American Journal of Physics
The Sommerfeld–Page equation describes the non-relativistic dynamics of a classical electron modeled by a sphere of finite size with a uniform surface charge density. It is a delay differential ...
November 01 2024
November 01 2024
Donald C. Warren
in American Journal of Physics
We present a problem to be assigned or done as an in-class activity in an upper-division undergraduate course on computational physics. The problem involves a home run hit by Mickey Mantle on May 22, ...
November 01 2024
Alfredo Lisboa, Francisco J. Peña
in American Journal of Physics
This article describes a laboratory experiment for blind students to measure the moment of inertia of simple objects; in this case, that of a disc about its axis of symmetry. We adapted our usual lab ...
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