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Volume 48, Issue 12
December 1980
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909
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Letters To The Editor

Concerns about introductory physics
Allen Moen
Am. J. Phys. 48, 1011 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12295
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Papers

American Association of Physics Teachers 1979 Oersted Medalist: Gerald Holton
John S. Rigden
Am. J. Phys. 48, 1013 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12296
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The two maps: Oersted Medal Response at the joint American Physical Society–American Association of Physics Teachers meeting, Chicago, 22 January 1980
Gerald Holton
Am. J. Phys. 48, 1014–1019 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12297
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Investigation of student understanding of the concept of velocity in one dimension
David E. Trowbridge; Lillian C. McDermott
Am. J. Phys. 48, 1020–1028 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12298
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Probability interpretation of quantum mechanics
Roger G. Newton
Am. J. Phys. 48, 1029–1034 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12299
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Do free quantum‐mechanical wave packets always spread?
James R. Klein
Am. J. Phys. 48, 1035–1037 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12300
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Three‐particle symmetry classifications according to the method of Dirac
P. E. Hussar; Y. S. Kim; Marilyn E. Noz
Am. J. Phys. 48, 1038–1042 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12301
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Quark model in the quantum mechanics curriculum
P. E. Hussar; Y. S. Kim; Marilyn E. Noz
Am. J. Phys. 48, 1043–1049 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12302
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Model experiment of two‐dimensional Brownian motion by microcomputer
Nobuhiko Mishima; Tomio Yamakoshi Petrosky; Hiroaki Minowa; Suteo Goto
Am. J. Phys. 48, 1050–1055 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12303
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Photographing a relativistic meter stick
Robert E. Gibbs
Am. J. Phys. 48, 1056–1058 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12304
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Does the Fizeau experiment really test special relativity?
Gérard Clément
Am. J. Phys. 48, 1059–1062 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12305
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A problem and its solution involving Maxwell’s equations and an inhomogeneous medium
W. Williamson, Jr.
Am. J. Phys. 48, 1063–1065 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12287
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Black hole thermodynamics in an undergraduate thermodynamics course
Barry R. Parker; Robert J. McLeod
Am. J. Phys. 48, 1066–1070 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12288
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Redundancy and superfluity for electromagnetic fields and potentials
Joe Rosen
Am. J. Phys. 48, 1071–1073 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12289
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Factors influencing the learning of classical mechanics
Audrey B. Champagne; Leopold E. Klopfer; John H. Anderson
Am. J. Phys. 48, 1074–1079 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12290
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Time evolution of the dynamical variables of a stochastic system
L. de la Peña
Am. J. Phys. 48, 1080–1082 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12291
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Integral formulation of the boundary value problem in waveguides
M. Sancho
Am. J. Phys. 48, 1083–1087 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12292
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Considerations about equivalent models in a classical one‐dimensional system
A. G. Trapote
Am. J. Phys. 48, 1088–1094 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12293
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Book Reviews

Gases, liquids, and solids
David Tabor; Ralph Baierlein
Am. J. Phys. 48, 1095 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12294
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On cat–human interaction from the viewpoint of physics: An equation of motion
Anxo Biasi
A simple model of a gravitational lens from geometric optics
Bogdan Szafraniec, James F. Harford
Playing with active matter
Angelo Barona Balda, Aykut Argun, et al.
The physics of “everesting” on a bicycle
Martin Bier
Perfect and imperfect pitchfork bifurcations in a V-shaped spring-mass system: Comment on “Hysteresis in a simple V-shaped spring-mass system” [Am. J. Phys. 89, 663–665 (2021)]
J. J. Bissell, A. M. Nagaitis
The hardest-hit home run?
Donald C. Warren
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