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Volume 48, Issue 11
November 1980
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

Letters To The Editor

More on calculators in beginning physics courses
Harry A. Brown
Am. J. Phys. 48, 905 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12199
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Comments on ’’When was Newton born?’’
Sherman L. Gerhard
Am. J. Phys. 48, 905 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12200
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Papers

Resource letter CCV‐1: Color and color vision
Paul L. Pease
Am. J. Phys. 48, 907–917 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12201
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Special relativity with 2×2 matrices
W. E. Baylis
Am. J. Phys. 48, 918–925 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12202
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Degeneracy in one‐dimensional quantum mechanics
Waikwok Kwong; Jonathan L. Rosner; Jonathan F. Schonfeld; C. Quigg; H. B. Thacker
Am. J. Phys. 48, 926–930 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12203
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Zeno paradox in quantum theory
Asher Peres
Am. J. Phys. 48, 931–932 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12204
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Applications of microcomputers in the teaching of physics—6502 software
David P. Marsh
Am. J. Phys. 48, 933–937 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12205
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Computer‐generated microwave holograms
Charles W. Leming; Orestes Patterson Hastings, III
Am. J. Phys. 48, 938–939 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12206
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Superconductivity demonstration
A. D. Smith; M. Tinkham
Am. J. Phys. 48, 940–941 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12207
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Crystal video detection of stimulated emission and oscillation in a molecular beam maser
D. C. Lainé; M. J. Truman; S. Hope
Am. J. Phys. 48, 942–944 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12208
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Simplified channeling and the rule of reversibility
B. D. Patterson
Am. J. Phys. 48, 945–948 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12209
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Alternative form of the hydrogenic wave functions for an extended, uniformly charged nucleus
E. Ley‐Koo; E. Castaño; D. Finotello; E. Nahmad‐Achar; S. Ulloa
Am. J. Phys. 48, 949–953 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12365
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Some experiments with thin prisms
P. C. B. Fernando
Am. J. Phys. 48, 954–955 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12194
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Mu in silicon: An interesting example in quantum mechanics
A. Hintermann; P. F. Meier; B. D. Patterson
Am. J. Phys. 48, 956–961 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12195
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How incorrect is the classical partition function for the ideal gas?
Herbert Kroemer
Am. J. Phys. 48, 962–963 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12196
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Use of operator wave functions to construct a refined correspondence principle via the quantum mechanics of Wigner and Moyal
John Snygg
Am. J. Phys. 48, 964–970 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12197
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The Cyclotron Group at the Metallurgical Laboratory, Chicago, 1940–44
Arthur H. Snell; H. Bradner; J. E. Brolley; M. Camac; B. D. Kern; J. S. Levinger; E. P. Meiners; A. C. G. Mitchell; V. A. Nedzel; W. Rall; M. B. Sampson; R. G. Wilkinson
Am. J. Phys. 48, 971–978 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12198
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Notes and Discussion

The other record of the first nuclear reactor start‐up
E. O. Wollan
Am. J. Phys. 48, 979–980 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12210
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Note on an old energy transformer
Z. Ogorelec
Am. J. Phys. 48, 980–983 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12211
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Comment on ’’Ballistics of the modern‐working recurve bow and arrow’’
W. C. Marlow
Am. J. Phys. 48, 983–984 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12212
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Definition of the magnetic quadrupole moment
C. G. Gray
Am. J. Phys. 48, 984–985 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12213
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Comment on ’’Use of the time evolution operator’’
S. Balasubramanian
Am. J. Phys. 48, 985–986 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12214
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Laser beam guidance by flames
M. M. Michaelis
Am. J. Phys. 48, 990–991 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12355
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Physics at the National Research Council of Canada, 1929–1952
W. E. K. Middleton; Donald De B. Beaver
Am. J. Phys. 48, 995–996 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12360
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Apparatus Notes

Magdeburg 1979
J. Higbie
Am. J. Phys. 48, 987–988 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12215
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Solid‐state modification for the Cenco spark timer
Gerald A. Anderson
Am. J. Phys. 48, 989–990 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12216
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Book Reviews

Topics in Classical Biophysics
Harold J. Metcalf; Stephen A. George
Am. J. Phys. 48, 992 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12356
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Practical Physics: The Production and Conservation of Energy
Joseph F. Mulligan; David W. Hafemeister
Am. J. Phys. 48, 992–993 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12357
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Solar Energy
J. I. B. Wilson; Allan S. Krass
Am. J. Phys. 48, 993–994 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12358
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Principles of Mathematical Modeling
Clive L. Dym; Elizabeth S. Ivey; Maurice Bruce Stewart
Am. J. Phys. 48, 994–995 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12359
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Film Reviews

The Hottest Show on Earth (film)
National Film Board of Canada Producer; J. Clifton Hill
Am. J. Phys. 48, 997 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12361
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Sentenced to Success (film)
Cine Information Documents Producer; John Dowling
Am. J. Phys. 48, 997–998 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12362
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Uniformally Accelerated Reference Frame and Twin Paradox (film)
R. H. Good; Duncan E. McBride
Am. J. Phys. 48, 998–999 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12363
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A Whisper from Space (film)
BBC/WGBH Producer; Jay M. Pasachoff
Am. J. Phys. 48, 999 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12364
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Internal ballistics of the sling
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The right way to introduce complex numbers in damped harmonic oscillators
Jason Tran, Leanne Doughty, et al.
A first encounter with exceptional points in a quantum model
C. A. Downing, V. A. Saroka
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