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Volume 40, Issue 7
July 1972
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

PAPERS

Versatile Electromechanical Fourier Synthesizer for Laboratory or Lecture Demonstration
T. A. Clark
Am. J. Phys. 40, 937–942 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986717
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The Period of Damped Simple Harmonic Motion
Mildred Allen; Erwin J. Saxl
Am. J. Phys. 40, 942–944 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986718
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Simple One-Dimensional Examples of Radiation
P. A. Mello; M. Moreno
Am. J. Phys. 40, 945–949 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986719
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The Apparent Field of Gravity in a Rotating Fluid System
R. Ian Fletcher
Am. J. Phys. 40, 959–965 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986721
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The Twin Paradox in Special Relativity
Richard A. Muller
Am. J. Phys. 40, 966–969 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986722
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Hydrogenic Wave Functions for an Extended, Uniformly Charged Nucleus
A. F. Yano; F. B. Yano
Am. J. Phys. 40, 969–971 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986723
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Momentum Autocorrelation Function of Noninteracting Particles in a Box
Colin A. Cooper; H. Ted Davis
Am. J. Phys. 40, 972–975 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986724
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On Newton's Law of Gravitation
R. M. Rosenberg
Am. J. Phys. 40, 975–978 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986725
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The Exploratorium: A Playful Museum Combines Perception and Art in Science Education
Frank Oppenheimer
Am. J. Phys. 40, 978–984 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986726
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Motion of a Relativistic Particle Acted Upon by a Constant Force and a Uniform Gravitational Field
I. Richard Lapidus
Am. J. Phys. 40, 984–988 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986727
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Percentage Contour Maps of Electron Densities in Atoms
George A. Gerhold; Larry McMurchie; Timothy Tye
Am. J. Phys. 40, 988–993 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986728
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Confocal Conic Sections as Interference Patterns
C. L. Andrews; C. R. Carpenter
Am. J. Phys. 40, 994–1000 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986729
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The Martini Perpetual Motion Machine: A Semiprogrammed Problem
George H. Brigman
Am. J. Phys. 40, 1001–1003 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986730
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Single-Photon Double-Slit Interference—A Demonstration
Sherwood Parker
Am. J. Phys. 40, 1003–1007 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986731
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The Role of the Constraining Force in a Foucault Pendulum
David R. Curott
Am. J. Phys. 40, 1007–1009 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986732
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A Remark on Maxwell's Displacement Current
P. A. Mello
Am. J. Phys. 40, 1010–1013 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986733
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The Early History of the Titius-Bode Law
Stanley L. Jaki
Am. J. Phys. 40, 1014–1023 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986734
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Conformal Invariance of Maxwell's Equations
Gerald Rosen
Am. J. Phys. 40, 1023–1027 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986735
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Describing Reactions with Analogous Processes
Robert Warren Finkel
Am. J. Phys. 40, 1028–1031 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986736
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Propagation of a General Disturbance along a Semi-Infinite Linear Chain
K. H. Lee
Am. J. Phys. 40, 1032–1034 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986737
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AWARDS

Reminiscences from the Youth of Walker Bleakney and Alfred Kastler: Two Unusual Autobiographical Chapters
Alfred Kastler
Am. J. Phys. 40, 950–959 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986720
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NOTES AND DISCUSSIONS

Quantum Mechanical Cross Sections for Small Wavelengths
Joseph B. Keller
Am. J. Phys. 40, 1035–1036 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986738
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A Note on Euler Angle Rotations
Robert C. Hilborn
Am. J. Phys. 40, 1036–1037 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986739
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Frustrated Total Internal Reflection
Douglas S. Gale
Am. J. Phys. 40, 1038–1039 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986740
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Faraday's Law Coils
Alfred Romer
Am. J. Phys. 40, 1039–1040 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986741
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A Note on Zero Length Springs
Hugh Bradner
Am. J. Phys. 40, 1040–1041 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986742
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COMPUTER NOTES

Judging Algebraic Expressions and Equations
D. L. Shirer; Bruce Arne Sherwood
Am. J. Phys. 40, 1042–1043 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986743
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The Momentum of the Photon
Keith F. Ratcliff; David Peak
Am. J. Phys. 40, 1044–1045 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986744
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A Note on: “Deflection of Projectiles due to Rotation of the Earth”
Eric R. Muller
Am. J. Phys. 40, 1045–1047 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986745
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BOOK REVIEWS

Introduction to the Quantum Theory of Scattering
L. S. Rodberg; R. M. Thaler; W. J. Camp
Am. J. Phys. 40, 1048 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986746
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Modern Physics and Quantum Mechanics
Elmer E. Anderson; Herman Erlichson
Am. J. Phys. 40, 1049 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986747
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Semiconductors
Helmut Wolf; J. S. Blakemore
Am. J. Phys. 40, 1049–1050 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986748
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Mechanics, Vol. I of Course on Theoretical Physics
L. D. Landau; E. M. Lifshitz; R. J. Donnelly
Am. J. Phys. 40, 1050–1051 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986749
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Waves in Physical Systems
Charles F. Squire; Sidney Borowitz
Am. J. Phys. 40, 1051–1052 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986750
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Physics and the Physical Universe
Jerry B. Marion; Martin Eger
Am. J. Phys. 40, 1052–1053 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986751
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Recent Advances in Plasma Diagnostics
V. T. Tolok; J. L. Hirshfield
Am. J. Phys. 40, 1053 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986752
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Modern Cosmology
D. W. Sciama; Bernard Chasan
Am. J. Phys. 40, 1053–1054 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986753
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Dynamic Astronomy
Robert T. Dixon; Robert T. Mathews
Am. J. Phys. 40, 1054 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986754
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Shock Waves in Collisionless Plasmas
Derek A. Tidman; Nicholas A. Krall; Murray Dryer
Am. J. Phys. 40, 1055 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986755
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Polarized Light and Optical Measurement
D. Clarke; J. G. Grainger; Schwab S. Major, Jr.
Am. J. Phys. 40, 1055–1056 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986756
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AAPT NEWS

Report of the Acting Executive Officer
John Muster
Am. J. Phys. 40, 1057 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986757
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American Association of Physics Teachers Budget for 1972
Am. J. Phys. 40, 1059 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986759
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RECENT MEETINGS

Minutes of the Annual Business Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers
James B. Gerhart
Am. J. Phys. 40, 1058 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986758
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Spring Meeting of the Texas Section
Roy H. Biser
Am. J. Phys. 40, 1060 (1972) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1986760
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All objects and some questions
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Temperature as joules per bit
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Online “Advanced Labs” in physics
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The right way to introduce complex numbers in damped harmonic oscillators
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