Skip to Main Content
AIP Publishing Logo Open Menu
header search
Search
Advanced Search |Citation Search
Skip Nav Destination

Issues

Volume 62, Issue 10
October 1994
American Journal of Physics Cover Image for Volume 62, Issue 10
All Issues
ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

Questions and Answers

Question ♯1. How does a Brownian particle at rest get kicked up to kT?
Frank Munley
Am. J. Phys. 62, 871 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17724
View articletitled, SCM.SharedControls.Infrastructure.TitleDisplayModel?.Text
Open the PDF for in another window
Question ♯3. Why is momentum called p?
N. David Mermin
Am. J. Phys. 62, 871 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17725
View articletitled, SCM.SharedControls.Infrastructure.TitleDisplayModel?.Text
Open the PDF for in another window
Question ♯4. Is there a physics application that is best analyzed in terms of continued fractions?
Dwight E. Neuenschwander
Am. J. Phys. 62, 871 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17726
View articletitled, SCM.SharedControls.Infrastructure.TitleDisplayModel?.Text
Open the PDF for in another window
Question ♯2. Quark masses and binding energy in a proton
James R. Huddle
Am. J. Phys. 62, 871 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17762
View articletitled, SCM.SharedControls.Infrastructure.TitleDisplayModel?.Text
Open the PDF for in another window

Guest Comment

Guest Comment: Undergraduate research—making physics interesting to all students
Rexford E. Adelberger
Am. J. Phys. 62, 872–873 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17727
View articletitled, SCM.SharedControls.Infrastructure.TitleDisplayModel?.Text
Open the PDF for in another window

Papers

Quantum mysteries explored
Thomas F. Jordan
Am. J. Phys. 62, 874–880 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17752
View articletitled, SCM.SharedControls.Infrastructure.TitleDisplayModel?.Text
Open the PDF for in another window
Quantum mysteries refined
N. David Mermin
Am. J. Phys. 62, 880–887 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17733
View articletitled, SCM.SharedControls.Infrastructure.TitleDisplayModel?.Text
Open the PDF for in another window
General relativity before special relativity: An unconventional overview of relativity theory
Wolfgang Rindler
Am. J. Phys. 62, 887–893 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17734
View articletitled, SCM.SharedControls.Infrastructure.TitleDisplayModel?.Text
Open the PDF for in another window
What is truth? A course in science and religion
Peter J. Brancazio
Am. J. Phys. 62, 893–899 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17735
View articletitled, SCM.SharedControls.Infrastructure.TitleDisplayModel?.Text
Open the PDF for in another window
Motion of charges in crossed and equal E and B fields
W. E. Baylis; J. Bonenfant; J. Derbyshire; J. Huschilt
Am. J. Phys. 62, 899–902 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17736
View articletitled, SCM.SharedControls.Infrastructure.TitleDisplayModel?.Text
Open the PDF for in another window
Spectral shifts in general relativity
Jayant V. Narlikar
Am. J. Phys. 62, 903–907 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17679
View articletitled, SCM.SharedControls.Infrastructure.TitleDisplayModel?.Text
Open the PDF for in another window
Dynamic interpretation of Maxwell’s equations
Harry Soodak; Martin S. Tiersten
Am. J. Phys. 62, 907–913 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17680
View articletitled, SCM.SharedControls.Infrastructure.TitleDisplayModel?.Text
Open the PDF for in another window
Electromagnetism in Euclidean four space: A discussion between God and the Devil
José A. Heras
Am. J. Phys. 62, 914–916 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17681
View articletitled, SCM.SharedControls.Infrastructure.TitleDisplayModel?.Text
Open the PDF for in another window
Electromagnetic field generated by a moving point charge: A fields‐only approach
Rod Donnelly; Richard W. Ziolkowski
Am. J. Phys. 62, 916–922 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17760
View articletitled, SCM.SharedControls.Infrastructure.TitleDisplayModel?.Text
Open the PDF for in another window
General covariance, Lorentz covariance, the Lorentz force, and the Maxwell equations
Horace W. Crater
Am. J. Phys. 62, 923–931 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17682
View articletitled, SCM.SharedControls.Infrastructure.TitleDisplayModel?.Text
Open the PDF for in another window
Experiment on the motion of a dielectric in a parallel‐plate capacitor
John J. Meyer; Anthony F. Behof
Am. J. Phys. 62, 931–934 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17683
View articletitled, SCM.SharedControls.Infrastructure.TitleDisplayModel?.Text
Open the PDF for in another window
Simple method for demonstrating Fraunhofer diffraction
Joseph van der Gracht
Am. J. Phys. 62, 934–937 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17684
View articletitled, SCM.SharedControls.Infrastructure.TitleDisplayModel?.Text
Open the PDF for in another window
Implicit Lorentz transformations
Helmut Biritz
Am. J. Phys. 62, 937–945 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17685
View articletitled, SCM.SharedControls.Infrastructure.TitleDisplayModel?.Text
Open the PDF for in another window

Notes and Discussions

A simple derivation of centripetal acceleration
K. R. Brownstein
Am. J. Phys. 62, 946 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17686
View articletitled, SCM.SharedControls.Infrastructure.TitleDisplayModel?.Text
Open the PDF for in another window
Jadwiga Szmidt (1889–1940), a pioneer woman in nuclear and electrotechnical sciences
M. Cieślak Golonka; J. Róziewicz; J. Starosta; K. G. Tokhadze
Am. J. Phys. 62, 947–948 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17687
View articletitled, SCM.SharedControls.Infrastructure.TitleDisplayModel?.Text
Open the PDF for in another window
Comment on ‘‘Alternate ‘derivation’ of Maxwell’s source equations from gauge invariance of classical mechanics,’’ by James S. Marsh [Am. J. Phys. 61, 177–178 (1993)]
José A. Heras
Am. J. Phys. 62, 949–950 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17688
View articletitled, SCM.SharedControls.Infrastructure.TitleDisplayModel?.Text
Open the PDF for in another window
Comment on ‘‘Interference fringes between two separate lasers,’’ by F. Louradour, F. Reynaud, B. Colombeau, and C. Froehly [Am. J. Phys. 61(3), 242–245 (1993)]
Philip R. Wallace
Am. J. Phys. 62, 950 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17689
View articletitled, SCM.SharedControls.Infrastructure.TitleDisplayModel?.Text
Open the PDF for in another window
Comment on ‘‘Interference fringes between two separate lasers,’’ by F. Louradour, F. Reynaud, B. Colombeau, and C. Froehly [Am. J. Phys. 61(3), 242–245 (1993)]
Lloyd M. Davis; C. Parigger
Am. J. Phys. 62, 951–952 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17690
View articletitled, SCM.SharedControls.Infrastructure.TitleDisplayModel?.Text
Open the PDF for in another window
Elegant calculations of the Coulomb force between two hemispherical surfaces with uniform charge densities
Xishun Xie; Xiaoqin Huang
Am. J. Phys. 62, 952–953 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17691
View articletitled, SCM.SharedControls.Infrastructure.TitleDisplayModel?.Text
Open the PDF for in another window

Book Reviews

The Struggle to Understand: A history of human wonder and discovery
Herbert C. Corben; Owen Gingerich
Am. J. Phys. 62, 954 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17692
View articletitled, SCM.SharedControls.Infrastructure.TitleDisplayModel?.Text
Open the PDF for in another window
Early Physics and Astronomy: A Historical Introduction, rev. ed
Olaf Pedersen; Rein A. Uritam
Am. J. Phys. 62, 954–956 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17751
View articletitled, SCM.SharedControls.Infrastructure.TitleDisplayModel?.Text
Open the PDF for in another window
Mind, Matter, and Quantum Mechanics
Henry P. Stapp; Abner Shimony
Am. J. Phys. 62, 956–957 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17693
View articletitled, SCM.SharedControls.Infrastructure.TitleDisplayModel?.Text
Open the PDF for in another window
Quantum Methods with Mathematica(R)
James M. Feagin; William J. Titus
Am. J. Phys. 62, 957–958 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17694
View articletitled, SCM.SharedControls.Infrastructure.TitleDisplayModel?.Text
Open the PDF for in another window
The Undivided Universe: An ontological interpretation of Quantum Theory
David Bohm; Henry P. Stapp
Am. J. Phys. 62, 958–960 (1994) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17695
View articletitled, SCM.SharedControls.Infrastructure.TitleDisplayModel?.Text
Open the PDF for in another window

 

Detecting gravitational waves with light
Markus Pössel
All objects and some questions
Charles H. Lineweaver, Vihan M. Patel
Ergodic Lagrangian dynamics in a superhero universe
I. L. Tregillis, George R. R. Martin
Temperature as joules per bit
Charles Alexandre Bédard, Sophie Berthelette, et al.
The right way to introduce complex numbers in damped harmonic oscillators
Jason Tran, Leanne Doughty, et al.
Internal ballistics of the sling
Mark Denny
  • Online ISSN 1943-2909
  • Print ISSN 0002-9505

Resources

Explore

pubs.aip.org

Connect with AIP Publishing

 
 
  • © Copyright AIP Publishing LLC
This Feature Is Available To Subscribers Only

or Create an Account

Close Modal
Close Modal