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Volume 47, Issue 7

July 1979

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ISSN 0002-9505

EISSN 1943-2909

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Letters To The Editor
Editorial
Papers
Notes and Discussions
Book Reviews

Letters To The Editor

Regarding: Editorial: Where are the problems?

Hugh Nutley

Am. J. Phys. 47, 573 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11754

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On the de Broglie wavelength of 10−ton Kenworth trucks

A.C. Tanner

Am. J. Phys. 47, 573 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11755

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A response to ’’Dilemma of the primary colors’’

Marvin Hoshino

Am. J. Phys. 47, 573 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11756

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The weight‐mass controversy

Hugh C. Wolfe

Am. J. Phys. 47, 574 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11753

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Editorial

Editorial: From yardsticks to metersticks.II

John S. Rigden

Am. J. Phys. 47, 575 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11757

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Papers

What you see is what you get!

David Harrison

Am. J. Phys. 47, 576–582 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11758

Abstract

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Do springboard divers violate angular momentum conservation?

Cliff Frohlich

Am. J. Phys. 47, 583–592 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11759

Abstract

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Simple C_p/C_v resonance apparatus suitable for the physics teaching laboratory

D. G. Smith

Am. J. Phys. 47, 593–596 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11760

Abstract

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How monochromatic is laser light?

Stephen F. Jacobs

Am. J. Phys. 47, 597–601 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11761

Abstract

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Relativistic transformations of light power

John M. McKinley

Am. J. Phys. 47, 602–605 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11762

Abstract

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New mathematical proof of the uncertainty relation

David N. Williams

Am. J. Phys. 47, 606–607 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11763

Abstract

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Cardiovascular simulator for the undergraduate physics laboratory

L. J. Bruner

Am. J. Phys. 47, 608–611 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11764

Abstract

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Analog computer laboratory with biological examples

Donald E. Strebel

Am. J. Phys. 47, 612–618 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11765

Abstract

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Simple astronomical theory of climate

Reuben Benumof

Am. J. Phys. 47, 619–625 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11766

Abstract

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Lagrangians and systems they describe—how not to treat dissipation in quantum mechanics

John R. Ray

Am. J. Phys. 47, 626–629 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11767

Abstract

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Pseudopotentials for excited states of hydrogen: A vivid illustration of limitations to the use of pseudopotential results

P. L. Goodfriend

Am. J. Phys. 47, 630–631 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11768

Abstract

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An inexpensive torsional pendulum apparatus for rigidity modulus measurement

S. Tyagi; A. E. Lord, Jr.

Am. J. Phys. 47, 632–633 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11769

Abstract

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Limiting spectra from confining potentials

Michael Martin Nieto; L. M. Simmons, Jr.

Am. J. Phys. 47, 634–635 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11770

Abstract

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Application of Hamilton’s principle to the study of the anharmonic oscillator in classical mechanics

Harvey Gilmartin; Abraham Klein; Ching‐teh Li

Am. J. Phys. 47, 636–639 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11948

Abstract

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Small amplitude oscillations of a quasi‐ideal pendulum

R. J. Gleiser

Am. J. Phys. 47, 640–643 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11949

Abstract

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The Schrödinger‐Einstein correspondence and the sources of wave mechanics

Paul A. Hanle

Am. J. Phys. 47, 644–648 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11950

Abstract

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Concise derivation of the rotational partition function

F. Hynne; Knud Andersen

Am. J. Phys. 47, 649 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11951

Abstract

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Notes and Discussions

Cognitive level of college physics students

A. B. Arons

Am. J. Phys. 47, 650–651 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11952

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Comment on ’’Cognitive level and college physics achievement’’

Anton E. Lawson

Am. J. Phys. 47, 652 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11953

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Broken‐off pencil points

D. Cronquist

Am. J. Phys. 47, 653–654 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11954

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Magnetic flux quantum: A plausibility derivation

J. Higbie

Am. J. Phys. 47, 655 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11955

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Instantaneous axis of rotation

E. R. Tuttle

Am. J. Phys. 47, 656–657 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11956

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Comment on ’’Relative velocities and the runner’’

Charles W. Scherr

Am. J. Phys. 47, 658 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11957

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Generalization of Lloyd’s graphical deconvolution method to asymmetric instrumental functions

A. Talmi; A. C. Tanner; J. Felsteiner; R. Opher

Am. J. Phys. 47, 659–661 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11748

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Book Reviews

Quantum Mechanics

Claude Cohen‐Tannoudji; Bernard Diu; Franck Lalö; Bernd Crasemann

Am. J. Phys. 47, 662 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11749

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Applied Acoustics

G. Porges; Thomas D. Rossing

Am. J. Phys. 47, 663 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11750

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Vibrations and Waves in Physics

Iain G. Main; Peter J. Collings

Am. J. Phys. 47, 663 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11751

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Waves: A Mathematical Approach to the Common Types of Wave Motion

C. A. Coulson; A. Jeffrey; Peter J. Collings

Am. J. Phys. 47, 663 (1979) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.11752

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