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Volume 55, Issue 3
March 1987
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

Letters To The Editor

Just four repulsive particles can support the fifth inside the volume
Alexander A. Berezin
Am. J. Phys. 55, 199 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15205
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Earnshaw’s theorem
H. Aspden
Am. J. Phys. 55, 199–200 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15206
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Physics and reality
Mark M. Payne
Am. J. Phys. 55, 200 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15207
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The name ‘‘helion’’ has a past
Arlen R. Zander
Am. J. Phys. 55, 200 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15208
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Software for introductory physics
Francis X. Hart
Am. J. Phys. 55, 200–201 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15209
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Kepler’s law and the falling Earth
Johannes Hardorp
Am. J. Phys. 55, 201 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15210
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Editorial

Editorial: American business should look to the disciplines
John S. Rigden
Am. J. Phys. 55, 203 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15212
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Papers

Resource letter PPPP‐1: Physical principles of physiological phenomena
Bernard Hoop
Am. J. Phys. 55, 204–210 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15213
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The Cavendish experiment as Cavendish knew it
B. E. Clotfelter
Am. J. Phys. 55, 210–213 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15214
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The use of quasars in teaching introductory special relativity
Denise C. Gabuzda
Am. J. Phys. 55, 214–215 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15215
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Entropy in the teaching of introductory thermodynamics
Hans U. Fuchs
Am. J. Phys. 55, 215–219 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15216
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Movable chalkboards in the science lecture hall
Albert A. Bartlett
Am. J. Phys. 55, 219–222 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15217
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A numerical exercise in musical scales
George C. Hartmann
Am. J. Phys. 55, 223–226 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15218
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An analysis of wavefunction collapse using the ensemble interpretation
P. T. Landsberg; D. Home
Am. J. Phys. 55, 226–230 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15321
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Introduction to the study of rolling friction
A. Doménech; T. Doménech; J. Cebrián
Am. J. Phys. 55, 231–235 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15223
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Ancient heliocentrists, Ptolemy, and the equant
Dennis Rawlins
Am. J. Phys. 55, 235–239 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15224
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Lattice vibrations of solids
R. O. Pohl
Am. J. Phys. 55, 240–246 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15225
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Longitudinal spherical aberration of a thick lens
Se‐yuen Mak
Am. J. Phys. 55, 247–249 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15195
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Coulomb–Kepler problem and the harmonic oscillator
Augustine C. Chen
Am. J. Phys. 55, 250–252 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15196
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Uniformly accelerated reference frames in special relativity
Edward A. Desloge; R. J. Philpott
Am. J. Phys. 55, 252–261 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15197
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Quantum action‐angle‐variable analysis of basic systems
Robert A. Leacock; Michael J. Padgett
Am. J. Phys. 55, 261–264 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15198
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Fresnel diffraction effects in misfocused vision
James A. Lock
Am. J. Phys. 55, 265–269 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15175
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Derivation of energy expressions in the Rayleigh–Schrödinger perturbation theory
K. Razi Naqvi
Am. J. Phys. 55, 269–271 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15176
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Measurement of the thermal conductivity of liquids using a transient hot wire technique
J. N. Fox; N. W. Gaggini; R. Wangsani
Am. J. Phys. 55, 272–274 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15177
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Notes and Discussions

Explaining the orbital velocity of an Earth satellite
Frank S. Crawford
Am. J. Phys. 55, 275 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15178
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How much air is in a basketball?
Peter J. Brancazio; Howard Brody
Am. J. Phys. 55, 276 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15179
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Comment on ‘‘Simplistic explanations of Brewster’s law’’ [Am. J. Phys. 52, 660 (1984)]
William T. Doyle
Am. J. Phys. 55, 277 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15180
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Phase shifts and bound states in one‐dimensional problems
P. M. Echenique
Am. J. Phys. 55, 278 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15181
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On the reflection of polarized light at surfaces
Feredoon Behroozi; Stephen Luzader
Am. J. Phys. 55, 279–280 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15182
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Learning more from electrical resistivity measurements in ferromagnetic metals
Bernhard F. Rothenstein; Corin Tămăşdan; Rada Baea
Am. J. Phys. 55, 280–281 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15183
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Book Reviews

Physics and Astrophysics: A Selection of Key Problems
V. L. Ginzburg; Laurence A. Marschall
Am. J. Phys. 55, 282 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15184
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The Physics of Vibration. Volume 2, Containing Part 2, The Simple Vibrator in Quantum Mechanics
A. B. Pippard; Eugen Merzbacher
Am. J. Phys. 55, 283 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15185
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Reflections on Gender and Science
Evelyn Fox Keller; Gertrude Scharff‐Goldhaber
Am. J. Phys. 55, 284–286 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15186
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