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Volume 58, Issue 4

April 1990

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ISSN 0002-9505

EISSN 1943-2909

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Letters To The Editor
Editorial
Papers
Notes and Discussions
Apparatus Notes
Book Reviews

Letters To The Editor

Women in physics—Problems and possible solutions

Gayl Cook

Am. J. Phys. 58, 295 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16153

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Let’s not fool ourselves: Physics is difficult!

Lawrence Cranberg

Am. J. Phys. 58, 295–296 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16154

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Olaf Ro/mer’s relatives?

Robert H. Romer

Am. J. Phys. 58, 296 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16155

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Helmholtz coils re‐revisited

Edward M. Purcell

Am. J. Phys. 58, 296 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16156

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Guarantee jobs for scientists

Kenneth J. Epstein

Am. J. Phys. 58, 297 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16157

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Editorial

Editorial: Scientific delegations to the People’s Republic of China? Not yet

Robert H. Romer

Am. J. Phys. 58, 298–299 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16158

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Papers

Peter Lindenfeld: Recipient of the Robert A. Millikan Lecture Award

Robert Resnick

Am. J. Phys. 58, 300 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16159

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Millikan Lecture 1989: The Einsteinization of physics

Peter Lindenfeld

Am. J. Phys. 58, 301–305 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16160

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The case of the curious curl

J. P. McKelvey

Am. J. Phys. 58, 306–310 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16161

Abstract

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Circular birefringence of an atom in uniform rotation: The classical perspective

M. P. Silverman

Am. J. Phys. 58, 310–317 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16162

Abstract

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The phase relation between reflected and transmitted waves, and some consequences

John Lekner

Am. J. Phys. 58, 317–320 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16486

Abstract

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Studying chaotic systems using microcomputer simulations and Lyapunov exponents

Sergio De Souza‐Machado; R. W. Rollins; D. T. Jacobs; J. L. Hartman

Am. J. Phys. 58, 321–329 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16163

Abstract

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Diffraction around a fine wire: How good is the single‐slit approximation?

Robert G. Greenler; Joel W. Hable; Patrick O. Slane

Am. J. Phys. 58, 330–331 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16164

Abstract

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Simple aspects of post‐Newtonian gravitation

David H. Frisch

Am. J. Phys. 58, 332–337 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16165

Abstract

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Elementary examples of adiabatic invariance

Frank S. Crawford

Am. J. Phys. 58, 337–344 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16166

Abstract

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The quantum mechanical Hamiltonian in curvilinear coordinates: A simple derivation

Henrik Grum Kjaergaard; Ole Sonnich Mortensen

Am. J. Phys. 58, 344–347 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16167

Abstract

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An elementary derivation of E=mc²

Fritz Rohrlich

Am. J. Phys. 58, 348–349 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16168

Abstract

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The power radiated by a slowly moving accelerated acoustic point dipole

M. Sporre

Am. J. Phys. 58, 349–351 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16169

Abstract

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The transport of momentum theorem

E. Rune Lindgren

Am. J. Phys. 58, 352–357 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16170

Abstract

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Approach of gas and radiation to equilibrium

Frank Munley

Am. J. Phys. 58, 357–362 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16171

Abstract

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Estimate of the critical mass of a fissionable isotope

Edward Derringh

Am. J. Phys. 58, 363–364 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16172

Abstract

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Electromagnetic energy and momentum balance for surface charge distributions

S. Ragusa

Am. J. Phys. 58, 364–366 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16173

Abstract

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Unusual solutions of the Laplace equation

G. R. Harp; R. S. Sorbello

Am. J. Phys. 58, 366–369 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16174

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Observations on efficiency of heat engines operating at maximum power

J. M. Gordon

Am. J. Phys. 58, 370–375 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16175

Abstract

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Yukawa potential approach to the nuclear binding energy formula

N. Gauthier

Am. J. Phys. 58, 375–378 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16176

Abstract

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Measurement of thermal conductivity and heat capacity in an undergraduate physics laboratory

J. H. Talpe; V. I. Bekeris; C. E. Acha

Am. J. Phys. 58, 379–381 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16177

Abstract

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Water flow demonstration in the rotating frame

Harold A. Daw

Am. J. Phys. 58, 381–384 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16178

Abstract

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If Coulomb’s law were not inverse square: The charge distribution inside a solid conducting sphere

Ross L. Spencer

Am. J. Phys. 58, 385–390 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16179

Abstract

View articletitled, If Coulomb’s law were not inverse square: The charge distribution inside a solid conducting sphere

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Doppler effect for sound via classical and relativistic space‐time diagrams

Robert E. Reynolds

Am. J. Phys. 58, 390–394 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16481

Abstract

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Electromagnetic plane waves with parallel electric and magnetic fields E∥H in free space

Koichi Shimoda; Toshio Kawai; Kiyoji Uehara

Am. J. Phys. 58, 394–396 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16482

Abstract

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A video technique to facilitate the visualization of physical phenomena

Robert R. Cadmus, Jr.

Am. J. Phys. 58, 397–399 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16483

Abstract

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Laser deflection through a spark

C. L. Enloe; M. L. Brake; T. E. Repetti

Am. J. Phys. 58, 400–403 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16484

Abstract

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Notes and Discussions

Modified Bucher diagrams for heat flows and works in two classes of cycles

Zijun Yan; Jincan Chen

Am. J. Phys. 58, 404–405 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16485

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An application of video‐camera and PC‐oriented image processor to an experiment on the coherent property of light

J. R. Wang; I. C. Huang; T. C. Fang; F. Y. Yang; S. F. Tsai; Y. I. Chang; P. K. Tseng

Am. J. Phys. 58, 405–407 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16459

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Variational treatment of the linear potential

B. Cameron Reed

Am. J. Phys. 58, 407–408 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16460

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Maximum ranges in ideal projectile motion—A generalization

Drago Bajc

Am. J. Phys. 58, 408–409 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16461

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Apparatus Notes

Electrostatic field plotting apparatus

Robert D. Smith

Am. J. Phys. 58, 410–411 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16462

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How to Solve Problems: For Success in Freshman Physics, Engineering, and Beyond

Donald Scarl; Sandra Fletcher; Edward Brown

Am. J. Phys. 58, 412 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16463

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Book Reviews

Electronics for Physics Experiments Using the Apple II Computer

John W. Snider; Joseph Priest; Christopher G. Levey

Am. J. Phys. 58, 412–414 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16464

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Interstellar Matters: Essays on Curiosity and Astronomical Discovery

Gerrit L. Verschuur; Edward Harrison

Am. J. Phys. 58, 414 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16465

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The Atomic Scientists: A Biographical History

Henry A. Boorse; Lloyd Motz; Jefferson Hane Weaver; Joseph F. Mulligan

Am. J. Phys. 58, 415 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16466

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