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Volume 50, Issue 6

June 1982

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ISSN 0002-9505

EISSN 1943-2909

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Letters To The Editor
Editorial
Papers
Notes and Discussions
Apparatus Notes
Book Reviews

Letters To The Editor

Teaching fads or teaching physics

M. A. B. Whitaker

Am. J. Phys. 50, 491 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12793

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Archimedes’ principle

Augustine C. Chen

Am. J. Phys. 50, 491–492 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12794

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Alternative choice for the energy flow vector of the electromagnetic field

Paul Lorrain

Am. J. Phys. 50, 492 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12795

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Editorial

Editorial: Education for the future. I

John S. Rigden

Am. J. Phys. 50, 493 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4766309

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Papers

Resource Letter GI‐1: Gravity and inertia

P. W. Worden, Jr.; C. W. F. Everitt

Am. J. Phys. 50, 494–500 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12796

Abstract

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Even honors students have conceptual difficulties with physics

P. C. Peters

Am. J. Phys. 50, 501–508 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12797

Abstract

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Heuristic extension of the Schwarzschild metric

James M. Espinosa

Am. J. Phys. 50, 508–513 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12798

Abstract

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Elementary derivation of the magnetic flux quantum

Frank S. Crawford

Am. J. Phys. 50, 514–516 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12799

Abstract

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Mirage in the laboratory

E. Fabri; G. Fiorio; F. Lazzeri; P. Violino

Am. J. Phys. 50, 517–520 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12800

Abstract

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Iterative solutions of transcendental equations of mathematical physics with the programmable pocket calculator

K. S. Krane

Am. J. Phys. 50, 521–527 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12801

Abstract

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Gravitational deflection of fast particles and of light

Daniel S. Koltun

Am. J. Phys. 50, 527–532 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12802

Abstract

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Can one measure the one‐way velocity of light?

Charles Nissim‐Sabat

Am. J. Phys. 50, 533–536 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12816

Abstract

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Another look at the uniform rope sliding over the edge of a smooth table

Domingo Prato; Reinaldo J. Gleiser

Am. J. Phys. 50, 536–539 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12817

Abstract

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Continuum eigenfunction expansions and resonances: A simple model

Cleon E. Dean; S. A. Fulling

Am. J. Phys. 50, 540–544 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12818

Abstract

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Zitterbewegung and the Klein paradox for spin‐zero particles

Michael G. Fuda; Edward Furlani

Am. J. Phys. 50, 545–549 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12819

Abstract

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Quark confining potential in relativistic equations

Budh Ram

Am. J. Phys. 50, 549–551 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12820

Abstract

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Notes and Discussions

Discontinuity in the first derivative of the Schrödinger wave function

D. Home; S. Sengupta

Am. J. Phys. 50, 552–554 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12821

Abstract

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Liquid lens

Narender Vanugopal; V. Srinivasan

Am. J. Phys. 50, 554 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12822

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Greninger nets for backscattered Laue analysis

D. R. Matthys

Am. J. Phys. 50, 555–556 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12823

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Evaluation of some averages for the hydrogen atom

C. Sánchez del Río

Am. J. Phys. 50, 556–557 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12789

Abstract

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Simple F‐center argument from the uncertainty principle

Michael J. Moloney

Am. J. Phys. 50, 557 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12790

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Bohr orbit model and Ruedenberg’s theory of the origin of the binding energy for H₂

Richard D. Harcourt; Helen Solomon; John Bechworth; Leigh Chislett

Am. J. Phys. 50, 557–559 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12791

Abstract

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Photons and Doppler shifts in Einstein’s derivation of mass energy

Thomas F. Jordan

Am. J. Phys. 50, 559–560 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12792

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Simple apparatus for obtaining parametric resonance

I. Grosu; D. Ursu

Am. J. Phys. 50, 561 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12803

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One‐dimensional muonic helium atom

I. Richard Lapidus

Am. J. Phys. 50, 562–563 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12804

Abstract

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One‐dimensional hydrogen atom in an infinite square well

I. Richard Lapidus

Am. J. Phys. 50, 563–564 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12805

Abstract

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Formant filtering of the vocal source function in singing

Thomas D. Rossing

Am. J. Phys. 50, 564–566 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12806

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Erratum: “Fundamentals of zoological scaling’’ [Am. J. Phys. 50, 72 (1982)]

Herbert Lin

Am. J. Phys. 50, 567 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13105

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Erratum: “Physics of Basketball’’ [Am. J. Phys. 49, 356 (1981)]

Peter J. Brancazio

Am. J. Phys. 50, 567 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13106

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Apparatus Notes

Simple nitrogen laser

R. S. Kunabenchi; M. R. Gorbal; M. I. Savadatti

Am. J. Phys. 50, 568–569 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12807

Abstract

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Magnetic coupled longitudinal analog

Gerald Hart; Bruno Jensen

Am. J. Phys. 50, 569–570 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12808

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Vibrating string resonance spectra on the oscilloscope

J. W. Jewett, Jr.; J. V. Spadaro

Am. J. Phys. 50, 570–571 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12809

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An expanding universe demonstration

Michael Zeilik

Am. J. Phys. 50, 571 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12810

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Book Reviews

Mathematical Methods in Engineering and Physics

David E. Johnson; Johnny R. Johnson; Mathew Deady

Am. J. Phys. 50, 572 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12811

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PHYSICS: Foundations and Applications, Volume I

Robert M. Eisberg; Lawrence S. Lerner; Bruce Hawkins; Melvin Steinberg

Am. J. Phys. 50, 572–573 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12812

View articletitled, PHYSICS: Foundations and Applications, Volume I

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Gravity, Black Holes, and the Universe

Iain Nicolson; Joel M. Weisberg

Am. J. Phys. 50, 573–574 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12813

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The Scientific Work of John Winthrop

Michael N. Shute; Robert A. Hatch

Am. J. Phys. 50, 574 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12814

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Interfacing Microcomputers to the Real World

Murray Sargent III; Richard L. Shoemaker; Marvin L. De Jong

Am. J. Phys. 50, 574–575 (1982) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.12815

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