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Volume 59, Issue 4
April 1991
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

Letters to the Editor

More data, more physics
Virgil L. Highland
Am. J. Phys. 59, 295 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16533
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Why not l(l+1) instead of l2?
John D. McGervey
Am. J. Phys. 59, 295–296 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16534
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Fewer women than there could be
Bruce Hawkins
Am. J. Phys. 59, 295 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16585
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Other factors keep women out
R. G. Lindquist
Am. J. Phys. 59, 296 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16535
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Salt and foaming beer
Paul C. Mangelsdorf, Jr.
Am. J. Phys. 59, 296–297 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16536
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Editorial

Editorial: John S. Bell (1928–1990), the man who proved Einstein was right
Robert H. Romer
Am. J. Phys. 59, 299–300 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16537
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Papers

Lillian C. McDermott: Recipient of the Robert A. Millikan Lecture Award
Gerald F. Wheeler
Am. J. Phys. 59, 301 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16538
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Millikan Lecture 1990: What we teach and what is learned—Closing the gap
Lillian Christie McDermott
Am. J. Phys. 59, 301–315 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16539
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Wave‐optical experiments with very cold neutrons
Roland Gähler; Anton Zeilinger
Am. J. Phys. 59, 316–324 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16540
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Newton’s zero‐order rainbow: Unobservable or nonexistent?
Craig F. Bohren; Alistair B. Fraser
Am. J. Phys. 59, 325–326 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16541
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Analysis of a four‐level laser system: Investigations of the output power characteristics of a He–Ne laser
H. ‐J. Döhner; W. Elsässer
Am. J. Phys. 59, 327–330 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16542
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A note on the Blackburn pendulum
Robert J. Whitaker
Am. J. Phys. 59, 330–333 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16543
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The role of boundary conditions in separation of variables: Quantum oscillator in a box
A. C. Tanner
Am. J. Phys. 59, 333–335 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16544
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The probability distribution for a lattice gas: A simple characterization of the liquid–vapor phase transition
J. Güémez; S. Velasco
Am. J. Phys. 59, 335–340 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16545
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The solution of the Dirac equation for a high square barrier
Mark J. Thomson; Bruce H. J. McKellar
Am. J. Phys. 59, 340–346 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16546
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An inexpensive gas effusion apparatus for the introductory laboratory
Joseph C. Amato; Roger E. Williams
Am. J. Phys. 59, 346–349 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16547
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The Feynman inverse sprinkler problem: A detailed kinematic study
Michael R. Collier; Richard E. Berg; Richard A. Ferrell
Am. J. Phys. 59, 349–355 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16548
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Error analysis by simulation
Mark A. Peterson
Am. J. Phys. 59, 355–356 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16549
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Effusion of a dilute gas revisited: Van Kampen’s expansion
C. Schat; G. Abramson; H. S. Wio
Am. J. Phys. 59, 357–360 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16832
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Teaching astronomy for the blind: Providing a lecture and laboratory experience
George F. Spagna, Jr.
Am. J. Phys. 59, 360–363 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16550
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Noether’s theorem and local gauge invariance
Hemyan A. Al‐Kuwari; M. O. Taha
Am. J. Phys. 59, 363–365 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16551
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Notes and Discussion

A laboratory experiment on interference of polarized light using a liquid crystal
E. F. Carr; J. P. McClymer
Am. J. Phys. 59, 366–367 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16552
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The compact disk as a diffraction grating
James E. Kettler
Am. J. Phys. 59, 367–368 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16553
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Speed limits on walking
George B. Rybicki
Am. J. Phys. 59, 368–369 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16554
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Comment on ‘‘A remark on the gravitational field produced by an infinite straight string,’’ by G. Francisco and G. Matsas [Am. J. Phys. 57, 359–361 (1989)]
Jorge Pullin
Am. J. Phys. 59, 370–371 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16555
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A simple proof of the addition theorem for spherical harmonics
Joseph Coster; Harold B. Hart
Am. J. Phys. 59, 371–373 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16556
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Comment on ‘‘An exotic harmonic oscillator,’’ by J. B. Sztrajman [Am. J. Phys. 58, 159–160 (1990)]
William T. Doyle
Am. J. Phys. 59, 373–374 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16557
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Apparatus and Demonstration Notes

Using video equipment as a physics laboratory tool
Steven Hoffmaster
Am. J. Phys. 59, 375–376 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16558
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Demonstrations of normal modes on a bubble membrane
David T. Kagan; Louis J. Buchholtz
Am. J. Phys. 59, 376–377 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16559
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Book Reviews

Galileo: Pioneer Scientist
Stillman Drake; J. Bruce Brackenridge
Am. J. Phys. 59, 378 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16507
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Connections: The Geometric Bridge Between Art and Science
Jay Kappraff; Richard Friedberg
Am. J. Phys. 59, 379 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16508
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Kinetic Theory. Classical, Quantum, and Relativistic Descriptions
Richard L. Liboff; Walter T. Grandy, Jr.
Am. J. Phys. 59, 379–381 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16509
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Perspectives of Nonlinear Dynamics, Vol. 1
E. Atlee Jackson; Roger W. Rollins
Am. J. Phys. 59, 381–382 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16510
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The right way to introduce complex numbers in damped harmonic oscillators
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