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Volume 47, Issue 1
January 1979
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909
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American Association of Physics Teachers 1978 Robert A. Millikan Lecture Award to Alfred Bork
Am. J. Phys. 47, 3–4 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11662
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Interactive learning: Millikan Lecture, American Association of Physics Teachers, London, Ontario, June, 1978
Alfred Bork
Am. J. Phys. 47, 5–10 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11684
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Quark physics without quarks: A review of recent developments in S‐matrix theory
Fritjof Capra
Am. J. Phys. 47, 11–23 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11653
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Physics for architects
Gregory J. Salamo; John A. Brewer; James A. Berry
Am. J. Phys. 47, 24–28 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11658
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Some psychoacoustical experiments with all‐pass networks
W. M. Hartmann
Am. J. Phys. 47, 29–34 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11659
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Some remarks on the extended Galilean transformation
Daniel M. Greenberger
Am. J. Phys. 47, 35–38 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11660
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Comparison of classical and quantum mechanical uncertainties
John Peslak, Jr.
Am. J. Phys. 47, 39–45 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11661
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Measurement oriented basic physics laboratory
F. Richard Yeatts
Am. J. Phys. 47, 46–49 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11691
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Simplified relativistic force transformation equation
Benjamin U. Stewart
Am. J. Phys. 47, 50–51 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11692
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Grundfagligt Speciale: An advanced laboratory‐research course for nonphysicists taught by physicists
R. A. Gordon; J. Lebech; J. Mygind; N. F. Pedersen; A. Lynggaard‐Jensen; H. G. Petersen
Am. J. Phys. 47, 52–55 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11693
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Topological solitons in physics
Zohreh Parsa
Am. J. Phys. 47, 56–62 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11694
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Application of the parabolic approximation to predict acoustical propagation in the ocean
Suzanne T. McDaniel
Am. J. Phys. 47, 63–68 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11676
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Experimental determination of the mass of air molecules from the law of atmospheres
Carl H. Hayn; Vincent Galvin, Jr.
Am. J. Phys. 47, 69–70 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11644
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Laboratory study of airborne fallout particles and their time distribution
H. A. Smith, Jr.; T. E. Ward; K. H. Hicks; C. J. Nelson
Am. J. Phys. 47, 71–77 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11677
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Monte Carlo calculation as an aid in teaching solid‐state diffusion
G. E. Murch
Am. J. Phys. 47, 78–80 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11678
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Brachistochrones, tautochrones, evolutes, and tesselations
John M. McKinley
Am. J. Phys. 47, 81–86 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11679
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Semiclassical quantization of the electron‐dipole system
J. E. Turner
Am. J. Phys. 47, 87–88 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11680
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Effect of weight transfer on a vehicle’s stopping distance
Daniel P. Whitmire; Timothy J. Alleman
Am. J. Phys. 47, 89–92 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11640
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Approximate classical theory of scattering
T. W. Chen
Am. J. Phys. 47, 93–95 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11641
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A student’s experiment for the determination of the rest energy E0 of electrons
Maria F. Ebel
Am. J. Phys. 47, 96–98 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11642
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Use of physical analogs to evaluate infinite series
D. J. Epstein; A. C. Smith
Am. J. Phys. 47, 99–102 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11643
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An intuitive approach to group representation theory. II
A. B. Wolbarst
Am. J. Phys. 47, 103–112 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11645
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Notes and Discussion

Turning a perfect corner
Stephanie Taylor; Everett Hafner
Am. J. Phys. 47, 113–114 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11646
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Natural frequencies from analytic geometry
J. N. Boyd; P. N. Raychowdhury
Am. J. Phys. 47, 114–115 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11647
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Particles for poets: The new Chartres
Herman Erlichson
Am. J. Phys. 47, 115–116 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11648
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Comment on ’’Gravitational fields whose brachistochrones and isochrones are identical curves’’
John E. Prussing
Am. J. Phys. 47, 117 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11649
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Comment on ’’Self‐inverse form of the Lorentz transformation’’
R. J. Cook
Am. J. Phys. 47, 117–118 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11650
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Comments on ’’What the electromagnetic vector potential describes’’
M. G. Calkin
Am. J. Phys. 47, 118 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11651
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Note on the canonical invariance of the Poisson brackets
S. L. Mor
Am. J. Phys. 47, 119 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11652
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Apparatus Notes

Inexpensive resistance thermometer
K. Tennakone
Am. J. Phys. 47, 120 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11654
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Lecture hall calculation of the refractive index of a liquid
Frank A. Smith, Jr.
Am. J. Phys. 47, 120 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11655
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Book Reviews

An Introduction to Quantum Physics
A. P. French; Edwin F. Taylor; Lowell S. Brown
Am. J. Phys. 47, 121–122 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11656
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Physics as a Liberal Art
James S. Trefil; James T. Cushing
Am. J. Phys. 47, 122–123 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11657
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Internal ballistics of the sling
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The right way to introduce complex numbers in damped harmonic oscillators
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A first encounter with exceptional points in a quantum model
C. A. Downing, V. A. Saroka
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