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Volume 63, Issue 3
March 1995
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909
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Guest Comment

Guest Comment: Why undergraduates leave the sciences
Elaine Seymour
Am. J. Phys. 63, 199–202 (1995) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17954
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Papers

On the problem of making science attractive for women and minorities: An annotated bibliography
Jan M. Yarrison‐Rice
Am. J. Phys. 63, 203–211 (1995) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17955
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An ancient time machine: The Dial of Ahaz
Philip M. Sadler
Am. J. Phys. 63, 211–216 (1995) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17956
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Radiation from a suddenly moving sheet of charge
Barry R. Holstein
Am. J. Phys. 63, 217–221 (1995) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17957
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The interstellar traveler
C. Lagoute; E. Davoust
Am. J. Phys. 63, 221–227 (1995) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17958
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The principle of relativity as applied to motional electromagnetic induction
J. Guala Valverde; P. Mazzoni
Am. J. Phys. 63, 228–229 (1995) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17928
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The physics of perfect rockets
Robert H. Gowdy
Am. J. Phys. 63, 229–232 (1995) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17929
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A mechanical resonance apparatus for undergraduate laboratories
Christopher C. Jones
Am. J. Phys. 63, 232–236 (1995) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17930
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Information‐theoretical analysis of a classical relativistic gas under a steady heat flow
Maria Ferrer; David Jou
Am. J. Phys. 63, 237–242 (1995) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17931
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Duality transformations and the Liénard–Wiechert fields of a dual‐charged particle
José A. Heras
Am. J. Phys. 63, 242–244 (1995) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17932
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Electric polarizability and the solution of an inhomogeneous differential equation
M. A. Maize; Chad A. Burkholder
Am. J. Phys. 63, 244–247 (1995) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18092
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Undergraduate laboratory demonstration of aspects of phase transitions using Curie temperature determination in amorphous ferromagnetic materials
David G. Fisher; William T. Franz
Am. J. Phys. 63, 248–251 (1995) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17933
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On the optical–mechanical analogy in general relativity
Kamal K. Nandi; Anwarul Islam
Am. J. Phys. 63, 251–256 (1995) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17934
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Potentials and bound states
Walter F. Buell; B. A. Shadwick
Am. J. Phys. 63, 256–258 (1995) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17935
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Laboratory experiment for the ratio of specific heats of air
J. Mottmann
Am. J. Phys. 63, 259–260 (1995) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17936
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Statistico‐thermodynamic properties of a binary alloy
Marcel Porta; Teresa Castán
Am. J. Phys. 63, 261–267 (1995) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17937
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Retardation and relativity: Derivation of Lorentz–Einstein transformations from retarded integrals for electric and magnetic fields
Oleg D. Jefimenko
Am. J. Phys. 63, 267–272 (1995) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17938
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Notes and Discussions

One‐, two‐, or three‐dimensional fields?
T. E. Freeman
Am. J. Phys. 63, 273–274 (1995) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17939
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Comment on ‘‘Analytical ground state wave functions for an infinite family of one‐dimensional potentials,’’ by M. Casas and A. Plastino [Am. J. Phys. 62, 636–638 (1994)]
B. Cameron Reed
Am. J. Phys. 63, 275–276 (1995) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17940
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Comment on ‘‘Chaos is not an artifact of finite‐digit arithmetic,’’ by R. H. Dalling and M. E. Goggin [Am. J. Phys. 62(6), 563–564 (1994)]
David Auerbach
Am. J. Phys. 63, 276 (1995) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17941
View articletitled, Comment on ‘‘Chaos is not an artifact of finite‐digit arithmetic,’’ by R. H. Dalling and M. E. Goggin [Am. J. Phys. <strong>62</strong>(6), 563–564 (1994)]
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A response to D. Auerbach’s ‘‘Comment on ‘Chaos is not an artifact of finite‐digit arithmetic’ ’’ [Am. J. Phys. 63, 276 (1995)]
M. E. Goggin; R. H. Dalling
Am. J. Phys. 63, 277 (1995) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17942
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The appearance of nonclassical terms in the analysis of point‐source fields
Ricardo Estrada; Ram P. Kanwal
Am. J. Phys. 63, 278 (1995) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17943
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Temperature‐entropy diagram of reversible cycles with sloping, straight‐line, pressure‐volume processes
Daniel T. Valentine
Am. J. Phys. 63, 279–281 (1995) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17944
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Book Reviews

The Refrigerator and the Universe: Understanding the Laws of Energy
Martin Goldstein; Inge F. Goldstein; Harvey S. Leff
Am. J. Phys. 63, 282–283 (1995) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1807231
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Post‐Use Review: Numerical Methods for Physics
Alejandro L. Garcia; Patrick Hamill
Am. J. Phys. 63, 283–285 (1995) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1807232
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A First Course in Computational Physics
Paul L. DeVries; Patrick Hamill
Am. J. Phys. 63, 283–285 (1995) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1807233
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Quantum Theory: Concepts and Methods
Asher Peres; Leslie E. Ballentine
Am. J. Phys. 63, 285–286 (1995) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17946
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Homework and Test Questions for Introductory Physics Teaching
Arnold Arons; Priscilla W. Laws
Am. J. Phys. 63, 286–287 (1995) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.17947
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