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Volume 53, Issue 1
January 1985
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

Letters To The Editor

Letter to the Editor
George Patsakos
Am. J. Phys. 53, 11 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13957
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Letter to the Editor
A. W. Einarsson
Am. J. Phys. 53, 11 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13958
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Letter to the Editor
P. E. Liley
Am. J. Phys. 53, 11 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13959
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Comment on ‘‘Corrections for Lissajous figures in books’’
Willy Herreman
Am. J. Phys. 53, 11–13 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13960
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Letter to the Editor
R. Lee Ponting
Am. J. Phys. 53, 13 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13961
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Letter to the Editor
Bernard L. Cohen
Am. J. Phys. 53, 13 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13962
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Letter to the Editor
John F. Goehl, Jr.
Am. J. Phys. 53, 13 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13963
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Letter to the Editor
James B. Lee
Am. J. Phys. 53, 13–15 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13964
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Letter to the Editor
Willi Möhring
Am. J. Phys. 53, 15 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13965
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Electromagnetic angular momentum
Robert H. Romer
Am. J. Phys. 53, 15–17 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13966
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Letter to the Editor
J. Futterman
Am. J. Phys. 53, 17 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13967
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The ubiquitous Pauli matrices
Steven B. Berger
Am. J. Phys. 53, 17 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13968
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Letter to the Editor
Yitzhak Weissman
Am. J. Phys. 53, 17 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13969
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Search for Simplicity

Search for Simplicity
Victor F. Weisskopf
Am. J. Phys. 53, 19–20 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13946
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Papers

The letters between Titius and Bonnet and the Titius–Bode law of planetary distances
Michael Martin Nieto
Am. J. Phys. 53, 22–25 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13947
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Waves and targets: Generalizations and specifics
Philip Morse
Am. J. Phys. 53, 25–40 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13948
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On the definition of mass in classical physics
P. A. Goodinson; B. L. Luffman
Am. J. Phys. 53, 40–42 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13949
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Simple first‐order test of special relativity
John Byl; Martin Sanderse; Walter van der Kamp
Am. J. Phys. 53, 43–45 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14400
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Projector approach to the inertia operator
Jean‐François Dumais
Am. J. Phys. 53, 45–53 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13950
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The conventionality of synchronization
Herman Erlichson
Am. J. Phys. 53, 53–55 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14403
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Response to ‘‘The conventionality of synchronization’’
Robert W. Brehme
Am. J. Phys. 53, 56–59 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13951
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Optimal location of a service facility as a problem in basic mechanics
Reuven Chen
Am. J. Phys. 53, 59–62 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13952
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Wigner’s rotation revisited
Ari Ben‐Menahem
Am. J. Phys. 53, 62–66 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13953
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Inferences from considering the twin paradox
Robert E. Apfel
Am. J. Phys. 53, 66–69 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13954
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Bound states in the field of several noncollapsing inverse square potentials
Alexander A. Berezin
Am. J. Phys. 53, 69–71 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13955
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Reduced mass in an accelerated frame
Paul Stephas
Am. J. Phys. 53, 72–73 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13956
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Simple pendulum approximation
W. P. Ganley
Am. J. Phys. 53, 73–76 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13970
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An audio‐tutorial electricity and magnetism laboratory for introductory physics
David F. Chimino; Ruben R. Hoyer
Am. J. Phys. 53, 76–80 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13971
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Notes and Discussions

Mathematical basis for Weissman’s approximation to n!
R. K. Pathria
Am. J. Phys. 53, 81–82 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13972
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A misuse of angular momentum conservation
William K. Robinson; B. P. Watson
Am. J. Phys. 53, 82–83 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13973
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Lagrange’s equations of motion for a relativistic particle
Edward A. Desloge; Erik Eriksen
Am. J. Phys. 53, 83–84 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13974
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Maximizing the range of the shot put using a simple geometrical approach
W. M. Young
Am. J. Phys. 53, 84 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13975
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Addendum to ‘‘Simple multisoliton solutions’’: Multisolitons of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation
A‐M. M. Abdel‐Rahman
Am. J. Phys. 53, 85–86 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13976
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Computer‐aided recording of a glider on an air‐track
Nobuo Naba
Am. J. Phys. 53, 86–87 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13977
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A simple way to the relativistic Hooke’s law
Bernhard Rothenstein
Am. J. Phys. 53, 87–88 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13978
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Apparatus Notes

Faraday’s law demonstration
Richard Sankovich
Am. J. Phys. 53, 89 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14404
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Brillouin zone demonstrator
G. P. Cant
Am. J. Phys. 53, 90 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13979
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Modification of a measurement of the intensity of solar radiation
R. R. Winters; L. E. Larson
Am. J. Phys. 53, 90 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14401
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Book Reviews

Cosmic Horizons: Understanding the Universe
Robert V. Wagoner; Donald W. Goldsmith; Karen B. Kwitter
Am. J. Phys. 53, 91 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13980
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American Physics in Transition: A History of Conceptual Change in the Late Nineteenth Century
Albert E. Moyer; Bruce R. Wheaton
Am. J. Phys. 53, 91–92 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13981
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Weak Interactions of Leptons and Quarks
Eugene D. Commins; Philip H. Bucksbaum; William I. Weisberger
Am. J. Phys. 53, 92–93 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13982
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Hardware Interfacing With the Apple II Plus
John E. Uffenbeck; Marvin L. De Jong
Am. J. Phys. 53, 93–94 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13983
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POST‐USE REVIEW: Physics
Jay Orear; Jean Delord
Am. J. Phys. 53, 94 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.13984
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