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December 1981
ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909
In this Issue
Editorial
Papers
1981 Robert A. Millikan Lecture, Steven’s Point, Wisconsin, 17 June 1981 ’’Are we overlooking something?’’
Am. J. Phys. 49, 1104–1119 (1981)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12558
Measurement of the atmospheric electrostatic potential gradient near sea level
Am. J. Phys. 49, 1178–1180 (1981)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12566
Notes and Discussions
Apparatus Notes
Book Reviews
Film Reviews
Ergodic Lagrangian dynamics in a superhero universe
I. L. Tregillis, George R. R. Martin
All objects and some questions
Charles H. Lineweaver, Vihan M. Patel
The most efficient thermodynamic cycle under general engine constraints
Christopher Ong, Shaun Quek
The spinorial ball: A macroscopic object of spin-1/2
Samuel Bernard-Bernardet, Emily Dumas, et al.
A story with twists and turns: How to control the rotation of the notched stick
Martin Luttmann, Michel Luttmann