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Volume 61, Issue 8
August 1993
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909
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Editorial

Editorial: Please, search the literature—Two new tools that will help
Robert H. Romer
Am. J. Phys. 61, 679–680 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17194
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Awards

American Association of Physics Teachers 1993 Melba Newell Phillips Award Recipient: Anthony P. French
Thomas D. Rossing
Am. J. Phys. 61, 681 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17195
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‘‘We’re all in this together! (Scattered reflections by one physics teacher),’’ Anthony P. French’s acceptance speech for the 1993 Melba Newell Phillips Award presented by the American Association of Physics Teachers, 5 January 1993
A. P. French
Am. J. Phys. 61, 682–687 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17196
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Papers

The Jahn–Teller effect: An introduction and current review
Mary C. M. O’Brien; C. C. Chancey
Am. J. Phys. 61, 688–697 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17197
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Diffraction of a Gaussian beam by a spherical obstacle
James A. Lock; Edward A. Hovenac
Am. J. Phys. 61, 698–707 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17440
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A relativistic‐like presentation of optics in stratified planar media
J. M. Vigoureux; Ph. Grossel
Am. J. Phys. 61, 707–712 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17198
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Scale invariance and the Bohr–Wilson–Sommerfeld (BWS) quantization for power law one‐dimensional potential wells
J. F. Cariñena; C. Farina; Cássio Sigaud
Am. J. Phys. 61, 712–717 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17199
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Time scales in the dynamics of the Lorentz electron gas
J. Piasecki
Am. J. Phys. 61, 718–722 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17147
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The Wheatstone kaleidophone
Robert J. Whitaker
Am. J. Phys. 61, 722–728 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17148
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Finite‐dimensional matrix representations as calculational tools in quantum optics
A. Mufti; H. A. Schmitt; M. Sargent, III
Am. J. Phys. 61, 729–733 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17149
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A one‐dimensional statistical mechanics model with exact transfer integral solution
G. M. Wysin
Am. J. Phys. 61, 734–740 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17438
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Further properties of hydrogenic wave functions
J. D. Hey
Am. J. Phys. 61, 741–749 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17150
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An alternative calculation of light bending and time delay by a gravitational field
W. Bruckman; E. P. Esteban
Am. J. Phys. 61, 750–754 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17151
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Notes and Discussions

Comment on ‘‘Symmetry in electrodynamics: A classical approach to magnetic monopoles,’’ by W. B. Zeleny [Am. J. Phys. 59, 412 (1991)]
Donald H. Kobe
Am. J. Phys. 61, 755–756 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17152
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Discretization of the Schrödinger equation at a discontinuity in the potential with applications to the calculation of transmission and reflection coefficients and eigenvalues
G. W. Parker
Am. J. Phys. 61, 756–759 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17153
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Book Reviews

Responses to ‘‘Why Do Authors Keep On Doing It?’’: Part 2
Ralph Baierlein
Am. J. Phys. 61, 760 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17154
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Establishing Connections
Kyle Forinash
Am. J. Phys. 61, 760 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17155
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Separate Symbols for Separate Concepts
A. John Mallinckrodt
Am. J. Phys. 61, 760 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17156
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Call a Force a Force
A. John Mallinckrodt
Am. J. Phys. 61, 760 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17157
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Relativity Theory Versus the Lorentz Transformations
A. John Mallinckrodt
Am. J. Phys. 61, 760 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17158
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Another d*!n Minus Sign
James L. DuBard
Am. J. Phys. 61, 760–761 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17159
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Overweight?
Mark W. Meisel
Am. J. Phys. 61, 761 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17160
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Relativity Theory: Concepts and Basic Principles
Amos Harpaz; Eric Sheldon
Am. J. Phys. 61, 762–763 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17161
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Thermodynamics: History and Philosophy: Facts, Trends, Debates
Katalin Martinás; Laszlo Ropolyi; Peter Szegedi; Harvey S. Leff
Am. J. Phys. 61, 763–764 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17162
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Complexity: Life at the Edge of Chaos
Roger Lewin; Per Bak
Am. J. Phys. 61, 764–765 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17163
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Out of the Crystal Maze: Chapters from the History of Solid‐State Physics
Lillian Hoddeson; Ernest Braun; Jürgen Teichmann; Spencer Weart; Zuoyue Wang
Am. J. Phys. 61, 766 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17165
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Data Reduction and Error Analysis for the Physical Sciences, 2nd ed.
Philip R. Bevington; D. Keith Robinson; Gerry Bunce
Am. J. Phys. 61, 766–767 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17439
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Getting to Know Semiconductors
M. E. Levinshtein; G. S. Simin; Michael Shur
Am. J. Phys. 61, 765 (1993) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17164
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