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Volume 50, Issue 11

November 1982

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ISSN 0002-9505

EISSN 1943-2909

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Film Reviews
Papers
Notes and Discussions
Apparatus Notes
Book Reviews

Film Reviews

More on 1932

Y. P. Varshni

Am. J. Phys. 50, 967–968 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12941

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Comment on ‘‘Electrostatic problems? Relax!’’

Bernard Kaplan

Am. J. Phys. 50, 967 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12950

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Letter to the Editor

A. H. Weber

Am. J. Phys. 50, 967 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12951

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Letter to the Editor

Pau‐Chang Lu

Am. J. Phys. 50, 968 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12932

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More on Archimedes’s principle

Lucille B. Garmon

Am. J. Phys. 50, 968 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12933

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The Search for Solutions (film)

Theodore H. Ansbacher

Am. J. Phys. 50, 1056 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12949

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Papers

‘‘Nature revealed: The joys and dangers of experimental physics,’’ Oersted Medal Response at the joint APS–AAPT Meeting, San Francisco, 26 January 1982

I. I. Rabi

Am. J. Phys. 50, 972–973 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12934

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Some remarks on Faraday’s law

Nathan Rosen; David Schieber

Am. J. Phys. 50, 974–975 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12935

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How does the ball‐chain work?

F. Herrmann; M. Seitz

Am. J. Phys. 50, 977–981 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12936

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Einstein coefficients, cross sections, f values, dipole moments, and all that

Robert C. Hilborn

Am. J. Phys. 50, 982–986 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12937

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Re‐examination of the 1887 Michelson–Morley experiment

M. A. Handschy

Am. J. Phys. 50, 987–990 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12938

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Fourier transforms and the use of a microcomputer in the advanced undergraduate laboratory

D. R. Matthys; F. L. Pedrotti

Am. J. Phys. 50, 990–995 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12939

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New correlator–photon counter to illustrate the fundamentals of light statistics

L. Basano; P. Ottonello

Am. J. Phys. 50, 996–1000 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12940

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Motion in a time‐dependent, uniform electric field

S. Fallieros; J. L. Friar

Am. J. Phys. 50, 1001–1005 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12952

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Experiences with the artificial kidney as laboratory exercise for students of medicine

W. Ambach; W. Rehwald

Am. J. Phys. 50, 1005–1007 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12953

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Force measurement and force transformation in special relativity

Roberto de A. Martins

Am. J. Phys. 50, 1008–1011 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12954

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Different concepts of ‘‘ray’’ in optics: link between resolving power and radiometry

Jan J. Koenderink

Am. J. Phys. 50, 1012–1015 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12955

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Stimulated emission, absorption, and interference

Melissa Cray; Mei‐Li Shih; Peter W. Milonni

Am. J. Phys. 50, 1016–1021 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12956

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Thermal window interferometer

Joe L. Ferguson

Am. J. Phys. 50, 1021–1024 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12925

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The effect of gravity on the velocity of sound

D. C. Agrawal; V. J. Menon

Am. J. Phys. 50, 1025–1028 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12926

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Forced vibration of strings

H. L. Armstrong

Am. J. Phys. 50, 1028–1031 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12927

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Time‐domain analysis of acoustic transmission by dense thin films

L. Dwynn Lafleur; John J. Matese; Ronald L. Spross

Am. J. Phys. 50, 1031–1035 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12928

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Pressure fluctuations in statistical physics

John R. Ray

Am. J. Phys. 50, 1035–1038 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12929

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Relativistic addition of velocities

Y. Takahashi

Am. J. Phys. 50, 1040–1041 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12931

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Electromagnetic waves in a plasma containing both electric charges and magnetic monopoles

N. Meyer‐Vernet

Am. J. Phys. 50, 1042–1044 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12942

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Exact analytical stochastic model for first‐order non‐equilibrium phase transitions

D. L. Weaver

Am. J. Phys. 50, 1038–1040 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12930

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Notes and Discussions

Convection jets, the slot fire, and fire safety

Lawrence Cranberg

Am. J. Phys. 50, 1045–1047 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12943

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Generalized Ohm’s law, potential difference, and voltage measurements

F. Reif

Am. J. Phys. 50, 1048–1049 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12944

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Erratum: ‘‘Influence of air drag on the optimal hand launching of a small, round projectile’’

J. A. Zufiría; J. R. Sanmartín

Am. J. Phys. 50, 1049 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13103

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Apparatus Notes

Inexpensive octave‐band filters for laboratory and demonstration experiments in acoustics

Thomas D. Rossing

Am. J. Phys. 50, 1050 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12945

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Display of interference in highly convergent linearly polarized white light

G. R. Davies

Am. J. Phys. 50, 1051–1052 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12946

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Book Reviews

Lie Algebras in Particle Physics

Howard Georgi; Kannan Jagannathan

Am. J. Phys. 50, 1053 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12947

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Night Thoughts of a Classical Physicist

Russell McCormmach; Victor F. Weisskopf

Am. J. Phys. 50, 1053–1054 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12948

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