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Volume 53, Issue 4

April 1985

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ISSN 0002-9505

EISSN 1943-2909

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Letters To The Editor
Letters To The Editor Letters To The Editor
Editorial
Search for Simplicity
Papers
Notes and Discussions
Book Reviews

Letters To The Editor

Physicians without physics?

Lawrence Cranberg

Am. J. Phys. 53, 299 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14147

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Letter to the Editor

Leon Blitzer

Am. J. Phys. 53, 299 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14148

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On not choosing multiple choice

T. R. Sandin

Am. J. Phys. 53, 299–300 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14149

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Letter to the Editor

H. V. Neher

Am. J. Phys. 53, 300 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14150

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Electric resistive space heating

David Bodansky

Am. J. Phys. 53, 300–301 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14152

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Letter to the Editor

P. E. Liley

Am. J. Phys. 53, 301 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14153

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Letters To The Editor Letters To The Editor

High school physics does make a difference

W. Brouwer; D. Austen

Am. J. Phys. 53, 300 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14151

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Editorial

Editorial: What are the important ideas of physics?

John S. Rigden

Am. J. Phys. 53, 303 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14154

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Search for Simplicity

Search for Simplicity: Atoms with several electrons

Victor F. Weisskopf

Am. J. Phys. 53, 304–305 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14155

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Papers

Bell’s theorem and the foundations of quantum physics

Henry P. Stapp

Am. J. Phys. 53, 306–317 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14156

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Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen paradox and reality of individual physical properties

H. Paul

Am. J. Phys. 53, 318–319 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14157

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Energy laboratory

S. Leonard Dart

Am. J. Phys. 53, 320–322 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14158

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Smoke generation in a nuclear war

A. A. Broyles

Am. J. Phys. 53, 323–332 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14159

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Simple electronic circuit for the demonstration of chaotic phenomena

T. Mishina; T. Kohmoto; T. Hashi

Am. J. Phys. 53, 332–334 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14160

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The anthropic principle

Joe Rosen

Am. J. Phys. 53, 335–339 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14161

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Application of classical physics to electronic devices

A. G. Guy

Am. J. Phys. 53, 339–343 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14162

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Two freshman courses which introduce digital electronics, programming, computers, and interfacing

P. Seligmann; C. D. Spencer

Am. J. Phys. 53, 343–345 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14163

Abstract

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Collision between two balls accompanied by deformation: A qualitative approach to Hertz’s theory

Bernard Leroy

Am. J. Phys. 53, 346–349 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14164

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Improving on the conventional presentation of molecular vibrations: Advantages of the pseudoharmonic potential and the direct construction of potential energy curves

M. Sage; J. Goodisman

Am. J. Phys. 53, 350–355 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14408

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On return to thermal equilibrium for the excess charge distribution in semiconductors

V. V. Paranjape

Am. J. Phys. 53, 355–357 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14165

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Photoelectric effect for the one‐dimensional hydrogen atom with a δ‐function interaction

B. J. Postma

Am. J. Phys. 53, 357–360 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14392

Abstract

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Invariants of the electromagnetic field and electromagnetic waves

Nikos Salingaros

Am. J. Phys. 53, 361–363 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14166

Abstract

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Mechanical model for a first‐order phase transition

Jean Sivardière

Am. J. Phys. 53, 363–365 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14167

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Particle simulation of plasmas and stellar systems

T. Tajima; A. Clark; G. G. Craddock; D. L. Gilden; W. K. Leung; Y. M. Li; J. A. Robertson; B. J. Saltzman

Am. J. Phys. 53, 365–370 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14168

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Notes and Discussions

Physics of long‐distance running

J. Strnad

Am. J. Phys. 53, 371–373 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14169

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Comments on B. Davies’s ‘‘Derivation of perihelion precession’’

D. Ebner

Am. J. Phys. 53, 374 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14171

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Comment on ‘‘Correct use of Maxwell stress equations for electric and magnetic fields’’

R. Gerhard‐Multhaupt

Am. J. Phys. 53, 375–376 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14172

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Response to ‘‘Comment on ‘Correct use of Maxwell stress equations for electric and magnetic fields’ ’’

Oleg D. Jefimenko

Am. J. Phys. 53, 376–377 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14173

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An abuse with the wave properties of matter

Mauricio García‐Castañeda

Am. J. Phys. 53, 373–374 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14170

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Book Reviews

Understanding Relativity

Stanley Goldberg; Robert Weinstock

Am. J. Phys. 53, 378–379 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14174

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POST‐USE REVIEW: Principles of Physics

Frank J. Blatt; R. A. Peck

Am. J. Phys. 53, 379–380 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14175

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Energy and the Environment, 2nd ed.

John M. Fowler; Edward P. Clancy

Am. J. Phys. 53, 381 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14176

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Vortex Flow in Nature and Technology

Hans J. Lugt; J. P. Gollub

Am. J. Phys. 53, 381 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14177

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Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes

John A. Duffie; William A. Beckman; Jon McGowan

Am. J. Phys. 53, 382 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14178

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POST‐USE REVIEW: Physics for Scientists and Engineers

Shelden H. Radin; Robert T. Folk; Gary S. Collins

Am. J. Phys. 53, 382–383 (1985) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14179

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