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Volume 43, Issue 4

April 1975

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ISSN 0002-9505

EISSN 1943-2909

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Editorial
Papers
Notes and Discussions
Letter to the Editor
Apparatus Notes
Book Reviews

Editorial

Editorial: Advice!

Nathaniel H. Frank; Edwin F. Taylor

Am. J. Phys. 43, 291–292 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9854

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Papers

Mechanical analog of the synchrotron, illustrating phase stability and two‐dimensional focusing

Luis W. Alvarez; Robert Smits; Gerard Senecal

Am. J. Phys. 43, 293–296 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9855

Abstract

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Recording 360° holograms in the undergraduate laboratory

Bradley A. Stirn

Am. J. Phys. 43, 297–300 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9856

Abstract

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An exact treatment of the Dirac delta function potential in the Schrödinger equation

Daniel A. Atkinson; Horace W. Crater

Am. J. Phys. 43, 301–304 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9857

Abstract

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Cyclotron resonance of electrons trapped in a microwave cavity

W. C. Elmore

Am. J. Phys. 43, 305–307 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9858

Abstract

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The Debye model in n dimensions

Ariel A. Valladares

Am. J. Phys. 43, 308–311 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9859

Abstract

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Experiences with a multimedia course and a nonscience majors course

Byron L. Coulter; Carl G. Adler; J. William Byrd

Am. J. Phys. 43, 312–314 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9860

Abstract

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Cryptographic approach to hidden variables

Nick Herbert

Am. J. Phys. 43, 315–316 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9861

Abstract

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Mean, mean‐square, and most‐probable momentum for a relativistic Maxwellian ensemble

B. R. Wienke

Am. J. Phys. 43, 317–318 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10079

Abstract

View articletitled, Mean, mean‐square, and most‐probable momentum for a relativistic Maxwellian ensemble

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On the ’’derivation’’ of Einstein’s field equations

Hüseyin Yilmaz

Am. J. Phys. 43, 319–322 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10080

Abstract

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Student x‐ray fluorescence experiments

Homer D. Fetzer; Donald L. Parker; Kenneth C. Stuart

Am. J. Phys. 43, 323–327 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10081

Abstract

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A look at the small‐angle end of the Rutherford scattering formula

Olan E. Kruse

Am. J. Phys. 43, 328–330 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9847

Abstract

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Simple iterative procedures for solving transcendental equations with the ’’electronic slide rule’’

J. P. McKelvey

Am. J. Phys. 43, 331–334 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9848

Abstract

View articletitled, Simple iterative procedures for solving transcendental equations with the ’’electronic slide rule’’

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Easily demonstrable relationship between the microscopic and macroscopic theories of type II superconductivity

Gene I. Rochlin

Am. J. Phys. 43, 335–339 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9849

Abstract

View articletitled, Easily demonstrable relationship between the microscopic and macroscopic theories of type II superconductivity

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Laboratory learning modules

Robert Long, II

Am. J. Phys. 43, 340–342 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9850

Abstract

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Student attitudes toward science and society

Jacqueline D. Spears; C. E. Hathaway

Am. J. Phys. 43, 343–348 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9851

Abstract

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Thermodynamics of a simple rubber‐band heat engine

J. G. Mullen; George W. Look; John Konkel

Am. J. Phys. 43, 349–353 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9852

Abstract

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An attempt at a personalized course in thermodynamics

J. G. Mullen

Am. J. Phys. 43, 354–360 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9853

Abstract

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Notes and Discussions

Chebyshev polynomials in the loaded‐string problem

John H. Van Drie, Jr.; Peter W. Murphy

Am. J. Phys. 43, 361–362 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10082

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On the logical foundations of special relativity

H. M. Schwartz

Am. J. Phys. 43, 362–364 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10083

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A course in applied solid state physics

Richard Dalven

Am. J. Phys. 43, 364–365 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10084

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Painless precession

P. C. Eastman

Am. J. Phys. 43, 365–366 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9845

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Approximate closed form solution to the error function

Reinhard Menzel

Am. J. Phys. 43, 366–367 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10085

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Use of the Young’s modulus apparatus to study the strength of metals

Joe H. Pifer

Am. J. Phys. 43, 367–368 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10086

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Demonstration of Ampere’s circuital law using a Rogowski coil

A. G. Klein

Am. J. Phys. 43, 368–370 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9846

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Useful lecture demonstration of photoelectric wavelength threshold

Thomas R. Carver; John O. Crawford

Am. J. Phys. 43, 370–371 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10087

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Erratum: ’’Young’s modulus determination via simple inexpensive static and dynamic measurements’’

Frederick Wilson; A. E. Lord, Jr.

Am. J. Phys. 43, 371 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10109

View articletitled, Erratum: ’’Young’s modulus determination via simple inexpensive static and dynamic measurements’’

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Letter to the Editor

Parameter estimation with error in the observables

Richard H. Luecke; Herbert I. Britt

Am. J. Phys. 43, 372 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10088

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Comment on ’’Simple method for fitting data when both variables have uncertainties’’

J. Ross Macdonald

Am. J. Phys. 43, 372–374 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10089

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Comment on ’’Teaching and learning’’

R. F. Cooper

Am. J. Phys. 43, 374 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9838

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Apparatus Notes

Timing device for the linear air track

William Chinitz

Am. J. Phys. 43, 375–376 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9839

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Portable power supply for telescope clock drives

Harvey M. Babb; Douglas S. Gale

Am. J. Phys. 43, 376–377 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9840

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Book Reviews

’’Basic Physics: A Linear Approach’’ by Joseph W. Straley. Reviewed

Nelson Fuson

Am. J. Phys. 43, 378 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9841

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’’The Invisible Universe: The Story of Radio Astronomy’’ by Gerrit L. Verschuur. Reviewed

Kurtiss J. Gordon

Am. J. Phys. 43, 378–379 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9842

View articletitled, ’’The Invisible Universe: The Story of Radio Astronomy’’ by Gerrit L. Verschuur. Reviewed

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’’Nuclear Energy: Its Physics and Its Social Challenge’’ by David R. Inglis. Reviewed

L. David Roper

Am. J. Phys. 43, 379–380 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9843

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’’Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics’’ by Bernard Jancovici. Reviewed

Ralph Baierlein

Am. J. Phys. 43, 380 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9844

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