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Volume 56, Issue 9
September 1988
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

Letters To The Editor

On the eccentricity of the Earth’s solar orbit
Charles H. Holbrow
Am. J. Phys. 56, 775 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15473
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Reply to Holbrow’s letter
P. K. Aravind
Am. J. Phys. 56, 775 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15474
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Content versus process in introductory physics
Herman Erlichson
Am. J. Phys. 56, 775–776 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15475
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The one‐dimensional hydrogen atom
Mark Andrews
Am. J. Phys. 56, 776 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15476
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How can we modernize the introductory physics course?
Robert A. Wilson
Am. J. Phys. 56, 776–777 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15477
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Students demoralized in college physics
William Ennis
Am. J. Phys. 56, 777 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15478
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Are galaxies receding or is space expanding?
John A. Morgan
Am. J. Phys. 56, 777–778 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15484
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Papers

Making ‘‘The Mechanical Universe’’
David L. Goodstein; Richard P. Olenick
Am. J. Phys. 56, 779–785 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15485
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Professors as physics students: What can they teach us?
Sheila Tobias; R. R. Hake
Am. J. Phys. 56, 786–794 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15486
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A simple relativistic paradox about electrostatic energy
Wolfgang Rindler; Jack Denur
Am. J. Phys. 56, 795 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15487
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Rocking oscillatory motion and a technique for its measurement
Paul E. Klingsporn
Am. J. Phys. 56, 796–801 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15488
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Transverse electromagnetic standing waves with E∥B
H. Zaghloul; H. A. Buckmaster
Am. J. Phys. 56, 801–806 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15489
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The bed of nails revisited
Manfred Bucher
Am. J. Phys. 56, 806–810 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15490
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On the physical reality of the isotropic speed of light
Robert W. Brehme
Am. J. Phys. 56, 811–813 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15453
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Ether and the one‐way speed of light
Abraham Ungar
Am. J. Phys. 56, 814 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15454
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Analysis of billiard ball collisions in two dimensions
R. Evan Wallace; Michael C. Schroeder
Am. J. Phys. 56, 815–819 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15455
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Magnetic field of an infinite current‐carrying ribbon
N. Gauthier
Am. J. Phys. 56, 819–821 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15456
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Low‐voltage models of particle accelerator circuits
R. M. Gilgenbach
Am. J. Phys. 56, 822–824 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15457
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A simple physical view of the quantum electrodynamic chiral anomaly
A. Widom; Y. Srivastava
Am. J. Phys. 56, 824–826 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15458
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An aging harmonic oscillator
C. F. Lo
Am. J. Phys. 56, 827–828 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15459
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ICBM vulnerability: Calculations, predictions, and error bars
Art Hobson
Am. J. Phys. 56, 829–836 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15460
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An acoustic laboratory experiment to determine the coefficient of mutual diffusion of gases
S. Ashkenazi; E. Polturak
Am. J. Phys. 56, 836–839 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15461
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The use of a moving‐coil galvanometer to demonstrate free and forced vibrations
Iain G. Main
Am. J. Phys. 56, 839–841 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15462
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The Gibbs–Appell equations of motion
Edward A. Desloge
Am. J. Phys. 56, 841–846 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15463
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An introductory low‐cost magnetic field experiment
Lawrence B. Golden; James R. Klein; Luisito Tongson
Am. J. Phys. 56, 846–848 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15440
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Notes and Discussions

Elementary numerical integration methods
Hans Laue
Am. J. Phys. 56, 849–850 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15441
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Some limits to Stokes’ law
David Auerbach
Am. J. Phys. 56, 850–851 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15442
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Symmetry in old quantum mechanics
R. Lobo
Am. J. Phys. 56, 851–852 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15443
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On the problem of explaining lift
David Auerbach
Am. J. Phys. 56, 853 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15444
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Response to ‘‘On the problem of explaining lift’’ [Am. J. Phys. 56, 853 (1988)]
Klaus Weltner
Am. J. Phys. 56, 853 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15445
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Remarks on a proposed up‐to‐date approach to physics
H. A. Buchdahl
Am. J. Phys. 56, 853–855 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15446
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Response to ‘‘Remarks on a proposed up‐to‐date approach to physics’’ [Am. J. Phys. 56, 853 (1988)]
G. Bruno Schmid
Am. J. Phys. 56, 855 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15447
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Explaining airfoil lift in introductory physics
Jay S. Huebner; Salem Jagannathan
Am. J. Phys. 56, 855–856 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15757
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Erratum: ‘‘Consistency of minimum time and length intervals with special relativity’’ [Am. J. Phys. 55, 1041 (1987)]
Richard L. Liboff
Am. J. Phys. 56, 856 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15776
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Erratum: ‘‘Note on an apparatus for Young’s modulus measurements’’ [Am. J. Phys. 55, 664 (1987)]
J. Flores‐Maldonado; S. Galindo; H. Jiménez‐Domínguez
Am. J. Phys. 56, 856 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15777
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Apparatus Notes

Design of a profilometer for surface profiling and roughness measurement
A. H. Tabrizi
Am. J. Phys. 56, 857–858 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15764
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The radial magnetic field homopolar motor
Robert D. Eagleton; Martin N. Kaplan
Am. J. Phys. 56, 858–859 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15448
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An inexpensive Ampere’s law experiment
C. E. Zaspel
Am. J. Phys. 56, 859–860 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15449
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Book Reviews

The Measure of Times Past
Donald J. Wilcox; David Park
Am. J. Phys. 56, 861 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15450
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The Analysis of Starlight
J. B. Hearnshaw; Laurence A. Marschall
Am. J. Phys. 56, 862–863 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15332
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APPLE II in the Laboratory
A. F. Kuckes; B. G. Thompson; Joseph Priest
Am. J. Phys. 56, 862 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15451
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Clouds in a Glass of Beer: Simple Experiments in Atmospheric Physics
Craig F. Bohren; Hans C. von Baeyer
Am. J. Phys. 56, 863–864 (1988) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.15333
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