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Volume 55, Issue 1
January 1987
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

Letters To The Editor

Letters on bar magnets
Kenneth Brownstein
Am. J. Phys. 55, 10 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14962
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The Bloch wave vector and textbooks
Charles Kittel
Am. J. Phys. 55, 10 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14963
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Papers

Correlations in separated quantum systems: A consistent history analysis of the EPR problem
Robert B. Griffiths
Am. J. Phys. 55, 11–17 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14965
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Electron trajectory in an e/m experiment
Joseph E. Price
Am. J. Phys. 55, 18–22 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14966
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In memoriam J. Jaumann: A direct demonstration of the drift velocity in metals
W. Klein
Am. J. Phys. 55, 22–23 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15307
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The early history of cosmic ray research
Qiaozhen Xu; Laurie M. Brown
Am. J. Phys. 55, 23–33 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14967
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The vibrating string controversy
Gerald F. Wheeler; William P. Crummett
Am. J. Phys. 55, 33–37 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15311
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The fly ball trajectory: An older approach revisited
A. Tan; C. H. Frick; O. Castillo
Am. J. Phys. 55, 37–40 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14968
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The lateral force on a spinning sphere: Aerodynamics of a curveball
Robert G. Watts; Ricardo Ferrer
Am. J. Phys. 55, 40–44 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14969
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The dynamic shear modulus and internal friction of a fiber vibrating in the torsional mode
H. M. Simpson; B. E. Fortner
Am. J. Phys. 55, 44–46 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14957
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A computer‐managed undergraduate physics laboratory
C. S. Kalman
Am. J. Phys. 55, 46–47 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14958
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A rotary Curie point magnetic engine: A simple demonstration of a Carnot‐cycle device
Hans Toftlund
Am. J. Phys. 55, 48–49 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14959
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A comparison of explanations of the aerodynamic lifting force
Klaus Weltner
Am. J. Phys. 55, 50–54 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14960
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Bound states in weak attractive potentials in one‐dimensional quantum mechanics
J. B. Bronzan
Am. J. Phys. 55, 54–56 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14961
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Symbolic proof of the Helmholtz theorem
Nivaldo A. Lemos
Am. J. Phys. 55, 57–59 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14970
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Determination of gravitational acceleration using a rubber ball
G. Guercio; V. Zanetti
Am. J. Phys. 55, 59–63 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14971
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Newton’s law of motion for variable mass systems applied to capillarity
V. J. Menon; D. C. Agrawal
Am. J. Phys. 55, 63–67 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15312
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A simple geometric model for visualizing the motion of a Foucault pendulum
John B. Hart; Raymond E. Miller; Robert L. Mills
Am. J. Phys. 55, 67–70 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14972
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A relativistic mass tensor with geometric interpretation
Edward B. Rockower
Am. J. Phys. 55, 70–77 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14973
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The depolarization field inside a homogeneous dielectric: A new approach
Harold S. Zapolsky
Am. J. Phys. 55, 77–81 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14974
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A variational principle in classical thermodynamics
H. A. Buchdahl
Am. J. Phys. 55, 81–83 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14975
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Notes and Discussions

Toys in physics teaching: Balancing man
Raymond C. Turner
Am. J. Phys. 55, 84–85 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14976
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Periastron precession in general relativity
N. Gauthier
Am. J. Phys. 55, 85–86 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14977
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Erratum: ‘‘Extending special relativity via the perplex numbers’’ [Am. J. Phys. 54, 416 (1986)]
Paul Fjelstad
Am. J. Phys. 55, 86 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15330
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Apparatus Notes

Demonstrating atmospheric diffraction rings with a tensor lamp
Thomas T. Arny
Am. J. Phys. 55, 87 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14978
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Superfluidity and Superconductivity
David R. Tilley; John Tilley; William Zimmermann, Jr.
Am. J. Phys. 55, 90 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14980
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Numerical Recipes, The Art of Scientific Computing
William H. Press; Brian P. Flannery; Saul A. Teukolsky; William T. Vetterling; Harvey Gould
Am. J. Phys. 55, 90–91 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14981
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The Second Law
P. W. Atkins; Allen Kropf
Am. J. Phys. 55, 91–92 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14982
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Measuring the Universe: Cosmic Dimensions from Aristarchus to Halley
Albert Van Helden; Edward Harrison
Am. J. Phys. 55, 92–94 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14931
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A modification of an overhead projector
Albert A. Bartlett
Am. J. Phys. 55, 87–89 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.14979
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