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Volume 59, Issue 7
July 1991
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

Letters to the Editor

Yellow Journalism
V. Sivaramakrishnan
Am. J. Phys. 59, 583 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16796
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Why (some) women do not live up to expectations
Jack Lochhead
Am. J. Phys. 59, 583 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16797
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On N. David Mermin’s review of ‘‘The Emperor’s New Mind,’’ by Roger Penrose
S. Chandrasekhar
Am. J. Phys. 59, 583 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16798
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A response to S. Chandrasekhar’s note: ‘‘On N. David Mermin’s review of ‘The Emperor’s New Mind’ by Roger Penrose’’
N. David Mermin
Am. J. Phys. 59, 583 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16800
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Pioneer woman in nuclear science
Herta R. Leng
Am. J. Phys. 59, 584 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16774
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Nonlinear springs
Jonathan Mitschele
Am. J. Phys. 59, 584 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16775
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Can education be rescued?
Marcelo Alonso
Am. J. Phys. 59, 584–585 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16776
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Guest Comment

Guest Comment: Undergraduate research: A way of teaching and learning
Norma G. McGavern
Am. J. Phys. 59, 587–588 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16777
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Papers

Study of the effect of relativistic time dilation on cosmic ray muon flux—An undergraduate modern physics experiment
Nalini Easwar; Douglas A. MacIntire
Am. J. Phys. 59, 589–592 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16841
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Assumptions implying the Schrödinger equation
Thomas F. Jordan
Am. J. Phys. 59, 606–608 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16780
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A tutorial approach to the thermal noise in metals
A. J. Dekker; H. Hickman; T. M. Chen
Am. J. Phys. 59, 609–614 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16781
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Why does heating water in a kettle produce sound?
Samer Aljishi; Jakub Tatarkiewicz
Am. J. Phys. 59, 628–632 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16784
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Random walks: A pedestrian approach to polymers, critical phenomena, and field theory
E. P. Raposo; S. M. de Oliveira; A. M. Nemirovsky; M. D. Coutinho‐Filho
Am. J. Phys. 59, 633–645 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16785
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Gravitational collapse and moment of inertia of regular polyhedral configurations
P. K. Aravind
Am. J. Phys. 59, 647–652 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16787
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The two‐slit interferometer reexamined
E. C. G. Sudarshan; Tony Rothman
Am. J. Phys. 59, 592–595 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16778
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Quantum field theories, nuclear forces, and the cosmic rays (1934–1938)
Laurie M. Brown; Helmut Rechenberg
Am. J. Phys. 59, 595–605 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16779
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Measurements of the transient motion of a simple nonlinear system
Archana Ojha; Stephen Moon; Barbara Hoeling; P. B. Siegel
Am. J. Phys. 59, 614–619 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16782
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The route to chaos in a dripping water faucet
K. Dreyer; F. R. Hickey
Am. J. Phys. 59, 619–627 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16783
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The axial radiation field of a spherical shell section
Robert J. Sciamanda
Am. J. Phys. 59, 645–646 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16786
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Charged particle trajectories in simple nonuniform magnetic fields
Jane M. Repko; Wayne W. Repko; Allan Saaf
Am. J. Phys. 59, 652–655 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16788
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Notes and Discussions

On the distribution of charge over the surface of a conductor
W. L. Schaich; S. Mahmud
Am. J. Phys. 59, 656–658 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16789
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Of lightning rods, charged conductors, curvature, and things
I. M. Benn; S. T. Shanahan
Am. J. Phys. 59, 658–660 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16790
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Remark on Rayleigh’s dissipation function
Nivaldo A. Lemos̀
Am. J. Phys. 59, 660–661 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16791
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Newton’s rings: A classroom demonstration with a He–Ne laser
A. F. Leung; Jiyeon Ester Lee
Am. J. Phys. 59, 662–664 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16792
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Apparatus and Demonstration Notes

Chladni plates for overhead projectors
P. J. Ouseph
Am. J. Phys. 59, 665–666 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16793
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Book Reviews

The Teaching of Astronomy: International Astronomical Union Colloquium 105
Jay M. Pasachoff; John R. Percy; Richard G. French
Am. J. Phys. 59, 667–668 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16799
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Before It Vanishes
Robert Pack; Nicholas R. Guilbert
Am. J. Phys. 59, 668–669 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16764
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Moments in the Life of a Scientist
Bruno Rossi; Frank C. Jones
Am. J. Phys. 59, 669–670 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16765
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POST‐USE REVIEW: Atomic Collisions: Electron and Photon Projectiles
Earl W. McDaniel; Thomas J. Morgan
Am. J. Phys. 59, 670–671 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16766
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