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Volume 55, Issue 12
December 1987
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

Letters To The Editor

Note on ‘‘Correlation of quantum properties and the generalized Heisenberg inequality’’ [Am. J. Phys. 54, 135 (1986)]
Lazar Mayants
Am. J. Phys. 55, 1063 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15284
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Coriolis and consolation
Johannes A. Van den Akker
Am. J. Phys. 55, 1063 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15285
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Comments on quantum reality
Robert K. Clifton
Am. J. Phys. 55, 1064 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15286
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Pi in the sky continued
John D. Morgan, III
Am. J. Phys. 55, 1064–1065 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15287
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Editorial

Editorial: The vitality of physics goes beyond the ‘‘supers’’
John S. Rigden
Am. J. Phys. 55, 1067 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15294
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Papers

American Association of Physics Teachers 1987 Millikan Lecture Award Recipient: Donald Glenn Ivey
Robert Beck Clark
Am. J. Phys. 55, 1068 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15295
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‘‘Educational television—An oxymoron?’’ Donald Glenn Ivey’s acceptance speech for the 1987 Millikan Lecture Award presented by the American Association of Physics Teachers, 18 June 1987
Donald G. Ivey
Am. J. Phys. 55, 1068–1075 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15296
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The nuclear reactor accident at Chernobyl, USSR
Bernard L. Cohen
Am. J. Phys. 55, 1076–1083 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15323
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Simple experiments in chaotic dynamics
Keith Briggs
Am. J. Phys. 55, 1083–1089 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15297
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Newton and comets
Alfred Bork
Am. J. Phys. 55, 1089–1095 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15298
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Gravity on a half shell
Ronald G. Tabak
Am. J. Phys. 55, 1096–1098 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15275
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Trajectories of projectiles in air for small times of flight
H. R. Kemp
Am. J. Phys. 55, 1099–1102 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15276
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Comments on the horizontal deflection of a falling object
Elie Belorizky; Jean Sivardière
Am. J. Phys. 55, 1103–1104 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15277
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Mixing and assimilation in systems of interaction particles
A. Ben‐Naim
Am. J. Phys. 55, 1105–1109 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15278
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Coherent states of a harmonic oscillator
Stephen Howard; Sanat K. Roy
Am. J. Phys. 55, 1109–1117 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15279
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Teaching wave functions in the laboratory
John L. Bahr; A. J. Blake
Am. J. Phys. 55, 1118–1121 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15256
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Numerical methods in optics: A course about learning physics through computing
James A. Lock
Am. J. Phys. 55, 1121–1125 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15257
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Electromagnetically driven resonance apparatus
P. J. Ouseph; John P. Ouseph
Am. J. Phys. 55, 1126–1129 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15258
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Computer‐assisted teaching of optics
Xiangxi Chen; Jacob Huang; Eddie Loh
Am. J. Phys. 55, 1129–1133 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15259
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Considerations on the precessing orbit via a rotating Laplace–Runge–Lenz vector
T. Yoshida
Am. J. Phys. 55, 1133–1136 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15260
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The velocity of sound in a closed tube
J. K. Eddy; J. N. Fox; N. W. Gaggini; D. Ramsey; T. Kirkpatrick
Am. J. Phys. 55, 1136–1138 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15261
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Notes and Discussions

Limits of deviation by a prism
G. B. Friedmann
Am. J. Phys. 55, 1139 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15262
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Does charge conservation imply the displacement current?
Harold S. Zapolsky
Am. J. Phys. 55, 1140 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15263
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Generating problem sets with word processing software
Jearl Walker
Am. J. Phys. 55, 1141–1142 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15264
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Comment on ‘‘Bell’s theorem and the foundations of quantum physics’’ [Am. J. Phys. 53, 306 (1985)]
Allen C. Dotson
Am. J. Phys. 55, 1142–1143 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15265
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Response to ‘‘Comment on ‘Bell’s theorem and the foundation of quantum physics’ ’’ [Am. J. Phys. 55, 1142 (1987)]
Henry P. Stapp
Am. J. Phys. 55, 1143–1144 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15266
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Calculating the eccentricity of Earth’s orbit
P. K. Aravind
Am. J. Phys. 55, 1144–1145 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15267
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Newton’s second law
Joseph B. Keller
Am. J. Phys. 55, 1145–1146 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15268
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Erratum: ‘‘Coordination radii in diamond, zinc blende, and CaF2 structures’’ [Am. J. Phys. 50, 653 (1982)]
George L. Hall
Am. J. Phys. 55, 1146 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15327
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Erratum: Correction for ‘‘Landen’s solution to the cubic’’ [Am. J. Phys. 55, 374 (1987)]
William Squire
Am. J. Phys. 55, 1146 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15328
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Erratum: On the thermodynamics of Planck’s radiation [Am. J. Phys. 54, 754 (1986)]
Corrado Massa
Am. J. Phys. 55, 1146 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15329
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Apparatus Notes

A simple inexpensive photometer using light‐dependent resistors
M. G. C. Peiris; I. K. Perera
Am. J. Phys. 55, 1147 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15269
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Faraday’s Law apparatus for the freshman laboratory
Christopher C. Jones
Am. J. Phys. 55, 1148–1150 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15270
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A simple and sensitive tuned null detector
R. P. Baptista; J. A. Fornés
Am. J. Phys. 55, 1150–1152 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15271
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Book Reviews

Systems with Small Dissipation
V.B. Braginsky; V.P. Mitrofanov; V.I. Panov; Robert Krotkov
Am. J. Phys. 55, 1153–1154 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15272
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The Wisdom of Science
Hanbury Brown; Melba Phillips
Am. J. Phys. 55, 1154–1155 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15273
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Revolution in Science
I. B. Cohen; S. S. Schweber
Am. J. Phys. 55, 1155–1156 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15274
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