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Volume 52, Issue 7
July 1984
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

Letters To The Editor

End the nuclear arms race
Thornton Page
Am. J. Phys. 52, 587 (1984) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13591
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More on answers
Len Zane
Am. J. Phys. 52, 587 (1984) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13592
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Calculators/computers in examinations
Sardar Singh; B. Saraf
Am. J. Phys. 52, 587 (1984) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13593
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Back Of The Envelope

New Problems
Edward M. Purcell
Am. J. Phys. 52, 588 (1984) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4755914
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Solutions to June Problems
Edward M. Purcell
Am. J. Phys. 52, 588 (1984) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4755915
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Portable digital recording system for low‐complexity environmental signals: Wind velocity measurements
Denis P. Donnelly; Kevin Crean
Am. J. Phys. 52, 664–665 (1984) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13874
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Editorial

Editorial—Is the authority mystique a mistake?
John S. Rigden
Am. J. Phys. 52, 589 (1984) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4755916
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Papers

Resource Letter SR‐1: Synchrotron radiation
G. Margaritondo; J. H. Weaver
Am. J. Phys. 52, 590–597 (1984) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13594
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For whom the bell tolls
G. Kunstatter; L. E. H. Trainor
Am. J. Phys. 52, 598–602 (1984) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13595
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Problem‐posing physics: A conceptual approach
Wytze Brouwer
Am. J. Phys. 52, 602–607 (1984) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13596
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The new definition of the meter
P. Giacomo
Am. J. Phys. 52, 607–613 (1984) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13597
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Cost per million BTU of solar heat, insulation, and conventional fuels
Bernard L. Cohen
Am. J. Phys. 52, 614–617 (1984) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13598
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Small oscillations which are not harmonic
A. Ronveaux
Am. J. Phys. 52, 618–619 (1984) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13599
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Computers in physics education: An example dealing with collision phenomena
L. Borghi; A. De Ambrosis; P. Mascheretti; C. I. Massara; G. Gazzaniga; L. Ironi
Am. J. Phys. 52, 619–623 (1984) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13600
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Internal energy in the first law of thermodynamics
Herman Erlichson
Am. J. Phys. 52, 623–625 (1984) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13601
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Experiment to verify the second law of thermodynamics using a thermoelectric device
V. K. Gupta; Gauri Shanker; B. Saraf; N. K. Sharma
Am. J. Phys. 52, 625–628 (1984) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13582
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The polythermal ensemble: A rigorous interpretation of temperature fluctuations in statistical mechanics
George D. J. Phillies
Am. J. Phys. 52, 629–632 (1984) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13583
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The digital pendulum
R. C. Nicklin; J. B. Rafert
Am. J. Phys. 52, 632–639 (1984) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13584
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Note on a common virtual image
Albert A. Bartlett; Rodger Lucero; Gordon O. Johnson
Am. J. Phys. 52, 640–643 (1984) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13585
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What is a state vector?
Asher Peres
Am. J. Phys. 52, 644–650 (1984) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13586
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The validity of the classical description of nuclear scattering
M. S. Hussein; Y. T. Chen; F. I. A. Almeida
Am. J. Phys. 52, 650–653 (1984) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13587
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Study of Fresnel diffraction fields with the use of television technique
S. Marek; B. Śniadek
Am. J. Phys. 52, 653–655 (1984) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13588
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Notes and Discussions

On ‘‘waddling’’ and race walking
O. Helene
Am. J. Phys. 52, 656 (1984) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13589
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Corrections for Lissajous figures in books
Mu‐Shiang Wu; W. H. Tsai
Am. J. Phys. 52, 657–658 (1984) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13590
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A note on the effect of magnetic field on atomic electrons
A. N. Mantri
Am. J. Phys. 52, 658–659 (1984) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13868
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Fresnel’s drag coefficient from the photon theory
Vincent Santarelli
Am. J. Phys. 52, 659 (1984) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13869
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Simplistic explanations of Brewster’s law
M. Nitzan; J. S. Bodenheimer
Am. J. Phys. 52, 660 (1984) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13871
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Apparatus Notes

Variation of speed of sound in air with temperature
P. J. Ouseph; James J. Link
Am. J. Phys. 52, 661 (1984) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13872
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Lampost resonance demonstration apparatus
Robert B. Prigo; Paul K. Hansma
Am. J. Phys. 52, 662–664 (1984) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13873
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Book Reviews

The Ultimate Fate of the Universe
Jamal N. Islam; Donald Goldsmith
Am. J. Phys. 52, 666 (1984) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13581
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The Birth of Particle Physics
Laurie M. Brown; Lillian Hoddeson; James T. Cushing
Am. J. Phys. 52, 667–668 (1984) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13875
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Radiometry and the Detection of Optical Radiation
Robert W. Boyd; Robert C. Hilborn
Am. J. Phys. 52, 668–669 (1984) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13578
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Building Scientific Apparatus
John H. Moore; Christopher C. Davis; Michael A. Coplan; W. T. Vetterling
Am. J. Phys. 52, 669–670 (1984) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13579
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Linear and Nonlinear Differential Equations
I. D. Huntley; R. M. Johnson; Fred Brauer
Am. J. Phys. 52, 670 (1984) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13580
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Markus Pössel
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The right way to introduce complex numbers in damped harmonic oscillators
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Internal ballistics of the sling
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