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Volume 45, Issue 6
June 1977
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

Awards

H. Richard Crane: Oersted Medalist for 1976
Janet B. Guernsey
Am. J. Phys. 45, 507 (1977) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10947
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AAPT Distinguished Service Citations—February 1977
Janet B. Guernsey
Am. J. Phys. 45, 508–511 (1977) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10948
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Papers

Einstein’s comprehensive 1907 essay on relativity, part I
H. M. Schwartz
Am. J. Phys. 45, 512–517 (1977) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10949
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Textbook‐integrated problem sets
Jearl D. Walker; Virginia F. Walters; Karl J. Casper
Am. J. Phys. 45, 518–521 (1977) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10950
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Quantum transitions without quantum jumps
James D. Macomber
Am. J. Phys. 45, 522–532 (1977) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10951
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Symmetrical formulation of electron–photon scattering in relativistic quantum mechanics
K. H. Ruei
Am. J. Phys. 45, 533–537 (1977) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10952
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Eighth velocity of light
S. C. Bloch
Am. J. Phys. 45, 538–549 (1977) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10953
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Total reflection of light and water waves
I. Gödény; F. J. Kedves; D. Beke
Am. J. Phys. 45, 550–553 (1977) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10954
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Mean field theory, the Ginzburg criterion, and marginal dimensionality of phase transitions
J. Als‐Nielsen; R. J. Birgeneau
Am. J. Phys. 45, 554–560 (1977) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11019
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On the motion of a charged particle in a dipole field
C. H. Chen
Am. J. Phys. 45, 561–562 (1977) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11020
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Simple classical approach to spin resonance phenomena
R. A. Gordon
Am. J. Phys. 45, 563–568 (1977) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11021
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Construction of some soluble quantal problems
Rolf G. Winter
Am. J. Phys. 45, 569–571 (1977) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10942
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Geophysics without geology
Robert A. Rudin
Am. J. Phys. 45, 572–573 (1977) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10943
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Notes and Discussion

A closer look at optical barrier penetration
M. K. Handy; G. F. Landegren
Am. J. Phys. 45, 574–575 (1977) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10944
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Results of a two‐trial examination system in a general physics course
S. S. Jaswal
Am. J. Phys. 45, 575–576 (1977) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10945
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Determination of the blackbody radiation constant hc/k in the modern physics laboratory
C. N. Manikopoulos; J. F. Aquirre
Am. J. Phys. 45, 576–578 (1977) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10946
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Concerning the addition of parallel velocities in the special theory of relativity
Ariel A. Valladares
Am. J. Phys. 45, 578 (1977) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11022
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Definition of an elastic collision
C. D. Collinson
Am. J. Phys. 45, 579 (1977) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11023
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Natural frequencies of a spherical compound pendulum
David A. Levinson
Am. J. Phys. 45, 579 (1977) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11024
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Pedagogical trick for general relativity
John D. French
Am. J. Phys. 45, 580–581 (1977) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11025
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Reply to Smyth and Smyth
Martin A. Uman
Am. J. Phys. 45, 582 (1977) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11026
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Exact, Einstein, and Debye heat capacities of a one‐dimensional crystal
J. M. Ramsey; E. A. Vogler
Am. J. Phys. 45, 583–584 (1977) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11028
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Trigonometric solution of the polar function of the Schroedinger equation for hydrogen
Hugh F. Henry
Am. J. Phys. 45, 584–585 (1977) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11029
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An interesting property of the Kepler ellipse
Ira M. Freeman
Am. J. Phys. 45, 585–586 (1977) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11030
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Rotational gradient operator
Ray F. Snipes
Am. J. Phys. 45, 586–587 (1977) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11031
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X‐ray photographs on Polaroid film
Robert Everett Vermillion
Am. J. Phys. 45, 587–588 (1977) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11032
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Simple chopping circuit for the ultrasonic pulse–echo system
S. S. Mathur; R. D. Bahuguna
Am. J. Phys. 45, 588 (1977) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10931
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Landau level problem using analytic function theory
Ross R. Moore
Am. J. Phys. 45, 589 (1977) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10932
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Critique of the paper ’’The electromagnetic radiation from a finite antenna’’
John B. Smyth; David C. Smyth
Am. J. Phys. 45, 581–582 (1977) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10941
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A not so tall beer
Robert B. Prigo; Richard B. Harding; Richard Wormsbecher; Robert P. Brandts
Am. J. Phys. 45, 582–583 (1977) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11027
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Apparatus Notes

Modified current balance for the elementary physics laboratory
R. Nielsen Hopkins; George Loomis
Am. J. Phys. 45, 590 (1977) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10933
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Comment on ’’A versatile beam splitter for holographers’’
Mary E. Cox
Am. J. Phys. 45, 590–591 (1977) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10934
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Book Reviews

Light, 3rd ed.
R. W. Ditchburn; Edward L. O’Neill
Am. J. Phys. 45, 592 (1977) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10935
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Courant in G?ttingen and New York: The Story of an Improbable Mathematician
Constance Reid; Robert Breusch
Am. J. Phys. 45, 592–593 (1977) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10936
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Using Computers in Physics
John R. Merrill; Kenneth W. Ford
Am. J. Phys. 45, 593–594 (1977) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10937
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Film Reviews

Experiments in Physics: Aeromechanics–Hydromechanics and Acoustics Series (film)
Rudolph Weber; D. F. Kirwan; J. Willis
Am. J. Phys. 45, 596–597 (1977) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10938
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Bill Loosely’s Heat Pump (film)
National Film Board of Canada Producer; A. A. Bartlett
Am. J. Phys. 45, 597 (1977) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10939
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Annual report of the editors, American Journal of Physics, 1976
Steven B. Berger; A. P. French; Edwin F. Taylor
Am. J. Phys. 45, 598 (1977) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.10940
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