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Volume 49, Issue 8
August 1981
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

Letters To The Editor

Letter to the Editor (with reply)
Arthur Eisenkraft; John S. Rigden
Am. J. Phys. 49, 711 (1981) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12413
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Sports and physics
M. A. R. P. de Barros
Am. J. Phys. 49, 711–712 (1981) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12414
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Brief derivations of relativistic mass
N. Gauthier
Am. J. Phys. 49, 712 (1981) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12415
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Editorial

Editorial: Gerald Holton—physicist and humanist
John S. Rigden
Am. J. Phys. 49, 713 (1981) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1807237
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Papers

Thermodynamics of blackbody radiation
Robert E. Kelly
Am. J. Phys. 49, 714–719 (1981) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12416
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Surface properties of Kerr–Newman black holes
Noel A. Doughty
Am. J. Phys. 49, 720–724 (1981) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12417
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Physics of living in space: A new course
C. H. Holbrow
Am. J. Phys. 49, 725–732 (1981) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12418
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Hall effect in a plasma
W. B. Kunkel
Am. J. Phys. 49, 733–738 (1981) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12419
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Illustrating gauge invariance in quantum mechanics through the free electron in a uniform time‐varying electric field
C. Leubner
Am. J. Phys. 49, 738–744 (1981) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12420
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Euler angles, direction cosines, and angular momentum
Flemming Jo/rgensen
Am. J. Phys. 49, 744–746 (1981) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12421
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Fourier integral treatment yielding insight into the control of Gibb’s phenomenon
James E. Harvey
Am. J. Phys. 49, 747–750 (1981) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12673
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Physical approach to the theory of constrained motion
Shu‐Ping Liu
Am. J. Phys. 49, 750–753 (1981) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12674
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Quantum operators in generalized coordinates
Pedro Villaseñor‐González; Joel Cisneros‐Parra
Am. J. Phys. 49, 754–756 (1981) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12675
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The cat landing on its feet revisited or angular momentum conservation and torque‐free rotations of nonrigid mechanical systems
Hanno Essén
Am. J. Phys. 49, 756–758 (1981) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12405
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The pendulum reborn: Time measurements in the teaching laboratory
Maurice Bazin; Pierre Lucie
Am. J. Phys. 49, 758–761 (1981) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12406
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Simple explanation of a well‐known collision experiment
F. Herrmann; P. Schmälzle
Am. J. Phys. 49, 761–764 (1981) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12407
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Hydrogenlike atom in the potential V = r2(a+b cos2θ): Second‐order perturbation theory
Basab B. Dasgupta
Am. J. Phys. 49, 764–767 (1981) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12408
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Modern spectroscopy with a spectrometer by the optogalvanic effect
Kenneth Arnett; Richard Anderson; Ralph Alexander
Am. J. Phys. 49, 767–772 (1981) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12409
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Singly refracting biaxial crystals: A curiosity in Maxwell’s electrodynamics
G. P. Sastry; D. Chowdhury
Am. J. Phys. 49, 773–775 (1981) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12410
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Flashlamp‐pumped dye laser as an undergraduate lab project
Anthony J. Alfrey
Am. J. Phys. 49, 776–781 (1981) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12411
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Notes and Discussions

Coriolis force revisited
Jacob Neuberger
Am. J. Phys. 49, 782–784 (1981) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12412
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Comparative reasoning abilities of college students
David P. Maloney
Am. J. Phys. 49, 784–786 (1981) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12676
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Computing the moment of inertia
Russell Patera
Am. J. Phys. 49, 786–788 (1981) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12677
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Abbe’s sine theorem from a thermodynamic and Fourier transform argument
Jack Higbie
Am. J. Phys. 49, 788–789 (1981) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12678
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Diffraction grating as a model of the incommensurate phase
V. Rutar; J. Seliger
Am. J. Phys. 49, 789–790 (1981) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12679
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Computer projects in physics: A course
J. D. Patterson
Am. J. Phys. 49, 791 (1981) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12680
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Comments on Fourier analysis of the simple pendulum
Donald E. Hall
Am. J. Phys. 49, 792 (1981) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12681
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Erratum: ’’Resource Letter SP‐2: Symmetry and group theory in physics’’ [Am. J. Phys. 49, 304 (1981)]
Joe Rosen
Am. J. Phys. 49, 793 (1981) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12722
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Apparatus Notes

Novel demonstration of total internal reflection
D. C. Look, Jr.
Am. J. Phys. 49, 794 (1981) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12682
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Book Reviews

Encyclopedia of Physics
Rita G. Lerner; George L. Trigg; John S. Rigden
Am. J. Phys. 49, 795–796 (1981) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12401
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Wholeness and the Implicate Order
David Bohm; David Park
Am. J. Phys. 49, 796–797 (1981) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12402
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Film Reviews

Rainbow I: Ancient and Medieval and Rainbow II: Light and Color (film)
Samuel Devons; Bruce Eastwood
Am. J. Phys. 49, 798 (1981) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12403
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It’s About Time (film)
WGBH Educational Foundation Producer; R. H. Good
Am. J. Phys. 49, 798–799 (1981) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12404
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