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Volume 59, Issue 9
September 1991
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

Letters to The Editors

On the problem of degeneracy in quantum mechanics
Rajat K. Bhaduri
Am. J. Phys. 59, 775 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16722
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Are males better at mathematical reasoning and if so, why? A reply to Ruskai
Steven Goldberg
Am. J. Phys. 59, 775 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16723
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Paper or plastic?
Matthew J. Moelter
Am. J. Phys. 59, 775–776 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16724
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Plastic or paper?—A response by the Editor
Robert H. Romer
Am. J. Phys. 59, 776 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16725
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Editorial

Editorial: Foreign students? Mais oui!
Steven K. Blau
Am. J. Phys. 59, 777–778 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16726
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Papers

Resource Letter HEPP‐1: History of elementary‐particle physics
R. Corby Hovis; Helge Kragh
Am. J. Phys. 59, 779–807 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16727
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Simple demonstration of storing macroscopic particles in a ‘‘Paul trap’’
H. Winter; H. W. Ortjohann
Am. J. Phys. 59, 807–813 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16830
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Motion of a leaky tank car
K. T. McDonald
Am. J. Phys. 59, 813–816 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16728
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An inverted liquid demonstration
M. M. Michaelis; T. Woodward
Am. J. Phys. 59, 816–821 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16839
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The precession of a Foucault pendulum viewed as a beat phenomenon of a conical pendulum subject to a Coriolis force
Geoffrey I. Opat
Am. J. Phys. 59, 822–823 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16729
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Thomas precession and its associated grouplike structure
Abraham A. Ungar
Am. J. Phys. 59, 824–834 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16730
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A basis‐independent approach to quantum optics
Ivan H. Deutsch
Am. J. Phys. 59, 834–839 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16731
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The statistical mechanics of image recovery and pattern recognition
James B. Cole
Am. J. Phys. 59, 839–842 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16732
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Motive force and centripetal force in Newton’s mechanics
Herman Erlichson
Am. J. Phys. 59, 842–849 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16733
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Notes and Discussions

Determining the Earth–Moon distance
David H. Bruning
Am. J. Phys. 59, 850 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16734
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Comment on ‘‘Precession of the perihelion of Mercury,’’ by Daniel R. Stump [Am. J. Phys. 56, 1097–1098 (1988)]
Kevin Doggett
Am. J. Phys. 59, 851–852 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16735
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Comment on ‘‘Variational treatment of the linear potential,’’ by B. Cameron Reed [Am. J. Phys. 58, 407–408 (1990)]
J. R. Mohallem
Am. J. Phys. 59, 852 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16736
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A novel result concerning particle collisions
S. Simons
Am. J. Phys. 59, 853 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16737
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Comment on ‘‘Paradox of the L‐shaped object,’’ by D. Garth Jensen [Am. J. Phys. 57, 553–555 (1989)]
Lawrence R. Mead
Am. J. Phys. 59, 853 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16738
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A note on the random variable transformation theorem
S. L. Paveri‐Fontana
Am. J. Phys. 59, 854 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16739
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Correcting parameter bias caused by taking logs of exponential data
William J. Thompson; J. Ross Macdonald
Am. J. Phys. 59, 854–856 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16740
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Apparatus and Demonstration Notes

Illustrating double‐slit interference: Yet another way
Ralph Baierlein; Vacek Miglus
Am. J. Phys. 59, 857 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16741
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Harmonic generation and chaos in an electromechanical pendulum
E. Marega Jr.; L. Ioriatti; S. C. Zilio
Am. J. Phys. 59, 858–859 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16742
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Book Reviews

Dye Lasers, 3rd enlarged and revised ed.
F. P. Schäfer; Brian Stewart
Am. J. Phys. 59, 860–861 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16744
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Origins: The Lives and Worlds of Modern Cosmologists
Alan Lightman; Roberta Brawer; Ethan T. Vishniac
Am. J. Phys. 59, 861 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16717
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Close Encounters? Science and Science Fiction
Robert Lambourne; Michael Shallis; Michael Shortland; Arthur R. Swift
Am. J. Phys. 59, 861–862 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16718
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Keep Your Eye On The Ball: The Science and Folklore of Baseball
Robert G. Watts; A. Terry Bahill; David F. Griffing
Am. J. Phys. 59, 862–863 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16719
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IBM‐PC in the Laboratory
B. G. Thompson; A. F. Kuckes; Joseph Priest
Am. J. Phys. 59, 863 (1991) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.16720
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