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Volume 55, Issue 4
April 1987
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

Letters To The Editor

How about cognition of learning?
David Maloney
Am. J. Phys. 55, 295 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15187
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Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen paradox, hidden variables, Bell’s inequalities, and all that
A. Gamba
Am. J. Phys. 55, 295–296 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15188
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An also known as list for perplex numbers
Robert de Boer
Am. J. Phys. 55, 296 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15189
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Editorial

Editorial: High thoughts about Newton’s First Law
John S. Rigden
Am. J. Phys. 55, 297 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15191
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Papers

‘‘Why Johnny can’t learn physics from textbooks I have known,’’ Mario Iona’s acceptance speech for the 1986 Millikan Lecture Award presented by the American Association of Physics Teachers, Columbus, Ohio, 26 June 1986
Mario Iona
Am. J. Phys. 55, 299–307 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15320
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Science and society test X: Energy conservation
David Hafemeister
Am. J. Phys. 55, 307–315 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15193
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Strange attractors of a bouncing ball
T. M. Mello; N. B. Tufillaro
Am. J. Phys. 55, 316–320 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15194
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Graphical methods in geometric and Gaussian optics
T. A. Wiggins; R. M. Herman
Am. J. Phys. 55, 320–323 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15199
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An accurate determination of the acceleration of gravity for lecture hall demonstration
Wolfgang Rueckner; Paul Titcomb
Am. J. Phys. 55, 324–330 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15200
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Quantum strings
Guy Fogleman
Am. J. Phys. 55, 330–336 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15201
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Stellar sky as seen from the vicinity of a black hole
Joachim Schastok; Michael Soffel; Hanns Ruder; Manfred Schneider
Am. J. Phys. 55, 336–341 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15319
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An investigation of the magnetic field in the plane of a circular current loop
H. G. Gnanatilaka; P. C. B. Fernando
Am. J. Phys. 55, 341–344 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15166
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System physics: A uniform approach to the branches of classical physics
H. Burkhardt
Am. J. Phys. 55, 344–350 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15167
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The antenna formula: An application of single‐slit diffraction theory
R. T. Bush
Am. J. Phys. 55, 350–351 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15168
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Duality rotations and relativistic charged‐particle motions
Nikos Salingaros
Am. J. Phys. 55, 352–356 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15169
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A flexible nuclear counter for an introductory physics laboratory
P. T. Debevec
Am. J. Phys. 55, 356–359 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15170
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The operation of Maxwell’s demon in a low entropy system
A. F. Rex
Am. J. Phys. 55, 359–362 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15171
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The gravitational Poynting vector and energy transfer
Peter Krumm; Donald Bedford
Am. J. Phys. 55, 362–363 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15172
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Lorentz invariant radiation
E. Eriksen; O/. Gro/n
Am. J. Phys. 55, 363–366 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15173
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Franck–Hertz experiment with higher excitation level measurements
F. H. Liu
Am. J. Phys. 55, 366–369 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15174
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Notes and Discussions

A note on the Hertz potentials in electromagnetism
L. Kannenberg
Am. J. Phys. 55, 370–372 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15149
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Modeling of a finite tilted quantum well
John N. Churchill; Fred E. Holmstrom
Am. J. Phys. 55, 372–374 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15150
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Landen’s solution of the cubic
William Squire
Am. J. Phys. 55, 374–375 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15151
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Uncertainty relation for a charged particle in a constant magnetic field
Walter C. Henneberger; Mojtaba Jafarpour
Am. J. Phys. 55, 375–376 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15152
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Addendum to ‘‘Volume exclusion correction to the ideal gas with a lattice gas model’’ [Am. J. Phys. 54, 54 (1986)]
H. W. Graben
Am. J. Phys. 55, 377 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15153
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Erratum: ‘‘The dielectrophoresis force’’ [Am. J. Phys. 54, 447 (1986)]
L. Benguigui; I. J. Lin
Am. J. Phys. 55, 377 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15326
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WWV time on your microcomputer
James B. Rafert
Am. J. Phys. 55, 378–379 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15154
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Apparatus Notes

The Earth’s magnetic field—A new technique
P. Seligmann
Am. J. Phys. 55, 379–380 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15155
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The use of amorphous metallic ribbon as a torsion spring for the measurement of the gravitational constant
R. A. Dunlap
Am. J. Phys. 55, 380 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15156
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Eavesdropping with a laser
Joel Solomon; Robert Prigo
Am. J. Phys. 55, 381 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15157
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Book Reviews

A Review of Undergraduate Physics
Benjamin F. Bayman; Morton Hamermesh; David Griffiths
Am. J. Phys. 55, 382 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15158
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An Introduction to Science Studies: The Philosophical and Social Aspects of Science and Technology
John Ziman; Andy Pickering
Am. J. Phys. 55, 382–383 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15159
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