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Volume 54, Issue 2

February 1986

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ISSN 0002-9505

EISSN 1943-2909

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

Letters To The Editor

Learn the speed of light

Bryan Crandall

Am. J. Phys. 54, 105 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14694

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Journal indexes

Lawrence Cranberg

Am. J. Phys. 54, 105 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14695

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Some forgotten approximations to n!

Stephen Fletcher

Am. J. Phys. 54, 105–106 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14696

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Comment on Pictet’s experiment

S. Penn

Am. J. Phys. 54, 106 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14697

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Limitless numbers of multiple‐choice problems

John O. Stoner, Jr.; R. H. Chambers

Am. J. Phys. 54, 106–107 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14698

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Response to Penn’s ‘‘Comment on Pictet’s experiment’’

James Evans

Am. J. Phys. 54, 106 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14864

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Hyperbolic identity for solving the cubic equation

Paul Rochon

Am. J. Phys. 54, 107 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14699

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Babe Ruth and the judgment of Brancazio

Robert Weinstock

Am. J. Phys. 54, 107 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14700

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Editorial

Editorial: Physics and the American Journal of Physics

John S. Rigden

Am. J. Phys. 54, 109 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14701

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Search for Simplicity

Search for Simplicity: Mountains, waterwaves, and leaky ceilings

Victor F. Weisskopf

Am. J. Phys. 54, 110–111 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14702

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Papers

The pendulum—Rich physics from a simple system

Robert A. Nelson; M. G. Olsson

Am. J. Phys. 54, 112–121 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14703

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The influence of physics laboratories on student performance in a lecture course

Dale D. Long; Gerald W. McLaughlin; Allan M. Bloom

Am. J. Phys. 54, 122–125 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14705

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Time‐dependent behavior of strings using Fourier analysis

Judith C. Brown

Am. J. Phys. 54, 125–130 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14706

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Bohr–Sommerfeld, WKB, and modified semiclassical quantization rules

D. J. W. Geldart; D. Kiang

Am. J. Phys. 54, 131–134 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14707

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Correlation of quantum properties and the generalized Heisenberg inequality

Jean‐Marc Lévy‐Leblond

Am. J. Phys. 54, 135–136 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14708

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Brownian motion by light scattering revisited

R. T. Schumacher

Am. J. Phys. 54, 137–141 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14709

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Integrable motion of a swinging Atwood’s machine

Nick Tufillaro

Am. J. Phys. 54, 142–143 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14710

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General relativity, black holes, and cosmology: A course for nonscientists

Thomas A. Roman

Am. J. Phys. 54, 144–151 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14711

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Worldwide radioactivity from a nuclear war

A. A. Broyles

Am. J. Phys. 54, 151–157 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14712

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The Runge–Lenz vector as an ‘‘extra’’ constant of the motion

Harvey Kaplan

Am. J. Phys. 54, 157–161 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14713

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Unitary symmetry and crystal tensors

D. J. Newman; K. S. Chan

Am. J. Phys. 54, 161–166 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14714

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An electric dipole in self‐accelerated transverse motion

F. H. J. Cornish

Am. J. Phys. 54, 166–168 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14682

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Vector products and pseudovectors

Walter Hauser

Am. J. Phys. 54, 168–172 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14683

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A mechanical model exhibiting a tricritical point

Jean Sivardière

Am. J. Phys. 54, 172–177 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14684

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On the derivation of ℏ ⋅ d k/dt=F, the k‐space form of Newton’s law for Bloch waves

Herbert Kroemer

Am. J. Phys. 54, 177–178 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14685

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Exact solvable three‐dimensional models of many‐body systems

Jan Makarewicz

Am. J. Phys. 54, 178–180 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14686

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Notes and Discussions

Spreading velocity of a relativistic wave packet

Thomas F. Jordan

Am. J. Phys. 54, 182 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14687

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More on Lissajous figures

P. Jasselette; J. Vandermeulen

Am. J. Phys. 54, 182–183 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14688

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Lorentz transformations in Mermin’s relativity without light

Sardar Singh

Am. J. Phys. 54, 183–184 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14689

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Green’s functions and coefficients of capacitance

Mituo Uehara

Am. J. Phys. 54, 184–185 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14690

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Erratum: ‘‘Fiber‐optic analogies with mechanics’’ [Am. J. Phys. 53, 554 (1985)]

Richard J. Black; Adrian Ankiewicz

Am. J. Phys. 54, 185 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14874

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Apparatus Notes

Interfacing a Tel‐X‐Ometer with a microcomputer

Paul J. Barry; Alfred D. Brothers

Am. J. Phys. 54, 186–187 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14665

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Use of a graphics tablet in mechanics experiments

B. Joseph Lieb

Am. J. Phys. 54, 187 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14666

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Book Reviews

The Wave–Particle Dualism—A Tribute to Louis de Broglie on His Ninetieth Birthday

S. Diner; D. Fargue; G. Lochak; F. Selleri; Daniel M. Greenberger

Am. J. Phys. 54, 188–189 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14667

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The Experience of Science: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Martin Goldstein; Inge Goldstein; Margaret Stautberg Greenwood

Am. J. Phys. 54, 189 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14668

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Theoretical Concepts in Physics

M. S. Longair; K. Jagannathan

Am. J. Phys. 54, 189–191 (1986) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14669

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