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Volume 43, Issue 5

May 1975

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ISSN 0002-9505

EISSN 1943-2909

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Announcements
Papers
Notes and Discussions
Letter to the Editor
Apparatus Notes
Book Reviews
Film Reviews

Announcements

Walter C. Michels, 1906–1975

Rosalie C. Hoyt

Am. J. Phys. 43, 383 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9830

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AAPT Distinguished Service Citations—January 1975

E. Leonard Jossem

Am. J. Phys. 43, 384–386 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9831

Abstract

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Robert Resnick: Oersted Medalist for 1974

E. Leonard Jossem

Am. J. Phys. 43, 387–388 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9832

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Papers

Development of concepts in the history of quantum theory

Werner Heisenberg

Am. J. Phys. 43, 389–394 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9833

Abstract

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National influence and evaluation of college physics courses—Is there any?

John W. Layman

Am. J. Phys. 43, 395–399 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9834

Abstract

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Instructional innovations in physics at Stony Brook

Peter B. Kahn; A. A. Strassenburg

Am. J. Phys. 43, 400–407 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9835

Abstract

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Dual‐purpose Millikan experiment with polystyrene spheres

C. N. Wall; F. E. Christensen

Am. J. Phys. 43, 408–413 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9836

Abstract

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Critical point drying: Application of the physics of the PVT surface to electron microscopy

Henry Paris Burstyn; Albert A. Bartlett

Am. J. Phys. 43, 414–419 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9837

Abstract

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Statistical interpretation of quantum theory

Henry Krips

Am. J. Phys. 43, 420–422 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9804

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On the theory of an electrostatic pendulum oscillator

Kazutoshi Asano

Am. J. Phys. 43, 423–427 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9805

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Phase shifts of the three‐dimensional spherically symmetric square well potential

Paul H. E. Meijer; James L. Repace

Am. J. Phys. 43, 428–433 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9806

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Lorentz transformations from the first postulate

A. R. Lee; T. M. Kalotas

Am. J. Phys. 43, 434–437 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9807

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Simplified navigation for self‐propelled astronauts

Roger A. Freedman; Ibrahim Helmy; Peter D. Zimmerman

Am. J. Phys. 43, 438–440 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9821

Abstract

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Use of loci in ac circuits

D. G. Douglas

Am. J. Phys. 43, 441–445 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9822

Abstract

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Classical microscopic models of Johnson noise

J. K. E. Tunaley

Am. J. Phys. 43, 446–448 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9823

Abstract

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Laboratory exercise on the inverse square law

Haym Kruglak

Am. J. Phys. 43, 449–451 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9824

Abstract

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Notes and Discussions

Thermal noise as a source of Poisson distributions

L. Basano; P. Ottonello

Am. J. Phys. 43, 452–453 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9825

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Double rainbow and dark band in searchlight beam

John Harsch; Jearl D. Walker

Am. J. Phys. 43, 453–455 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9826

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Comment on ’’The application of Noether’s theorem to optical systems’’

W. B. Joyce

Am. J. Phys. 43, 455 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9827

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One‐dimensional model illustrating the form of van der Waals’s equation

G. W. Parker

Am. J. Phys. 43, 455–458 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9828

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Lens formula nomograms—a final word (hopefully)

Ira M. Freeman

Am. J. Phys. 43, 458–459 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9829

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Leibniz and post‐Newtonian physics

W. H. U. Krause

Am. J. Phys. 43, 459–460 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9808

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The swimmer’s twin rainbows

G. David Scott

Am. J. Phys. 43, 460 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9809

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Further comment on ’’The physics and physiology of insect flight’’

Roy A. Wentzell

Am. J. Phys. 43, 460–461 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9810

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Room acoustics at ultrasonic frequencies

L. Arthur A. Read

Am. J. Phys. 43, 461–462 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9811

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Review of UniConcept Scientist Tape System—Physics/Astronomy

A. P. French

Am. J. Phys. 43, 462–463 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9812

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Erratum: On the solution of the equation for damped oscillation

John D. Garrison

Am. J. Phys. 43, 463 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10110

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Letter to the Editor

Comment on ’’Conversations with Albert Einstein. II’’

R. S. Shankland

Am. J. Phys. 43, 464 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9813

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Apparatus Notes

Simple ballistic magnetometer

L. Kristjansson; J. P. Hodych

Am. J. Phys. 43, 465–466 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9814

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Centripetal force apparatus

J. A. Moore

Am. J. Phys. 43, 466–467 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9815

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Book Reviews

’’The Discovery of the Conservation of Energy’’ by Yehuda Elkana. Reviewed by

Edward E. Daub

Am. J. Phys. 43, 468 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9816

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’’Sub‐Atomic Physics’’ by Hans Frauenfelder and Ernest M. Henley. Reviewed by

David Frisch

Am. J. Phys. 43, 468–469 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9817

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’’Signals in Linear Circuits’’ by J. Cruz and M. E. van Valkenburg. Reviewed by

Julius J. Hupert

Am. J. Phys. 43, 469–470 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9818

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’’Physics’’ by Donald G. Ivey. Reviewed by

R. Krotkov

Am. J. Phys. 43, 470–471 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9819

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Film Reviews

’’Albert Einstein: The Education of a Genius’’ produced, written, and directed by Harold Mantell. Reviewed by

Martin J. Klein

Am. J. Phys. 43, 473 (1975) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.9820

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