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Volume 48, Issue 2
February 1980
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909
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Editorial

Editorial: Does the legacy of the 70’s bode well for the 80’s?
John S. Rigden
Am. J. Phys. 48, 89 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12180
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Papers

Resource letter NP‐1: New particles
Jonathan L. Rosner
Am. J. Phys. 48, 90–103 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12181
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Physics and modern warfare: The awkward silence
E. L. Woollett
Am. J. Phys. 48, 104–111 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12182
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Science and society test V: Nuclear nonproliferation
David W. Hafemeister
Am. J. Phys. 48, 112–120 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12183
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Image‐space method for a classroom analysis of the diffraction patterns
R. De Micheli
Am. J. Phys. 48, 121–124 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12184
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Brecht’s Galileo: A revisionist view
Dietrich Schroeer
Am. J. Phys. 48, 125–130 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12185
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Newtons laws of motion: Some interpretations of the formalism
Colm T. O’Sullivan
Am. J. Phys. 48, 131–133 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12186
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Experience with a professionally oriented astronomy laboratory for nonscience majors
Clarence H. Annett
Am. J. Phys. 48, 134–137 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12187
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Titius–Bode law: An astronomy project for a cloudy night
Richard C. Sapp
Am. J. Phys. 48, 138–141 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12188
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Einstein and ΔtΔE
L. F. Cook
Am. J. Phys. 48, 142–145 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12189
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Motion of the sprung pendulum
M. G. Rusbridge
Am. J. Phys. 48, 146–151 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12190
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Goals, aspirations, and attitudes of MIT undergraduate physics students
Ted E. Senator
Am. J. Phys. 48, 152–156 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12191
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Geometrical optics derivation of the Fourier transform property of a lens
Bernard M. Jaffe
Am. J. Phys. 48, 157–158 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12192
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Fibonacci numbers revisited: A combinatorics function point of view
Alain J. Phares; Kim H. Simmons
Am. J. Phys. 48, 159–162 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12193
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Self‐paced freshman physics laboratory and student assessment
J. R. Patterson; J. R. Prescott
Am. J. Phys. 48, 163–167 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12175
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Geometrical analogy for the formal definition of entropy
L. Basano
Am. J. Phys. 48, 168–169 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12176
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Notes and Discussions

Electromagnetic radiation fields: A simple approach via field lines
Hans C. Ohanian
Am. J. Phys. 48, 170–171 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12177
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Stochastic models of radioactive decay
I. A. Kinsella; P. B. O hAnnaidh; A. Dunne
Am. J. Phys. 48, 172–173 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12178
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Simple geometrical construction for finding the eigenvector of a general rotation
P. Blewett
Am. J. Phys. 48, 174 (1980) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12179
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