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Volume 64, Issue 10
October 1996
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

Letters To The Editor

Does there exist a relativistic Bohm theory?
Leonard Gordon
Am. J. Phys. 64, 1227 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18350
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And a response by the reviewer
Tim W. Maudlin
Am. J. Phys. 64, 1227 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18351
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Torsional pendulums and squids
Christopher Tong
Am. J. Phys. 64, 1227–1228 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18352
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On equation poems
David Markowitz
Am. J. Phys. 64, 1228 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18353
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Maritime Casimir effect
D. J. Fisher
Am. J. Phys. 64, 1228 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18354
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Guest Comment

Guest Comment: Hope Springs Eternal—Why People Believe Weird Things
Michael Shermer
Am. J. Phys. 64, 1229–1230 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18397
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Papers

Experimental projects in graduate theoretical physics courses
Jonathan L. Rosner
Am. J. Phys. 64, 1231–1236 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18384
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When charge meets flux: Classical view of a quantum paradigm
M. L. Horner; Alfred S. Goldhaber
Am. J. Phys. 64, 1237–1241 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18385
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High‐altitude free fall
Pirooz Mohazzabi; James H. Shea
Am. J. Phys. 64, 1242–1246 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18386
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The multivariate Langevin and Fokker–Planck equations
Daniel T. Gillespie
Am. J. Phys. 64, 1246–1257 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18387
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Simple demonstrations for introducing spatial coherence
Lorenzo Basano; Carlo Pontiggia; Emanuele Piano
Am. J. Phys. 64, 1257–1261 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18388
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Thermodynamic entropy: The spreading and sharing of energy
Harvey S. Leff
Am. J. Phys. 64, 1261–1271 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18389
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The impact of video motion analysis on kinematics graph interpretation skills
Robert J. Beichner
Am. J. Phys. 64, 1272–1277 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18390
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Measurement of the efficiency of a BF3 counter
M. U. Ahmed; E. D. Jones
Am. J. Phys. 64, 1278–1281 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18370
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Updating Monte Carlo algorithms
J. R. Drugowich de Felício; Valter L. Líbero
Am. J. Phys. 64, 1281–1285 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18371
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Effective Lagrangians and nonlinear electromagnetism
Gerardo Muñoz
Am. J. Phys. 64, 1285–1291 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18372
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Mandated energy dissipation—e pluribus unum
Robert J. Sciamanda
Am. J. Phys. 64, 1291–1295 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18373
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A novel geometry for Rutherford scattering
S. A. Dodds; G. S. Mutchler
Am. J. Phys. 64, 1295–1298 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18184
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Rayleigh–Gans scattering from polydisperse colloidal suspensions
Erik K. Hobbie; Lipiin Sung
Am. J. Phys. 64, 1298–1303 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18467
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Using music to teach physics
G. Lyle Hoffman; Ismail Jouny
Am. J. Phys. 64, 1304–1307 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18374
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An exactly soluble Fresnel diffraction model of two‐slit interference
James A. Lock
Am. J. Phys. 64, 1307–1311 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18375
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Rigorous Newtonian cosmology
Frank J. Tipler
Am. J. Phys. 64, 1311–1315 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18398
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More than misconceptions: Multiple perspectives on student knowledge and reasoning, and an appropriate role for education research
David Hammer
Am. J. Phys. 64, 1316–1325 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18376
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Ripples in the energy of a damped oscillator: The experimental point of view
Lorenzo Basano; Pasquale Ottonello; Valeria Palestini
Am. J. Phys. 64, 1326–1329 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18377
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Notes and Discussions

Comment on ‘‘Exact solution to the field equations in the case of an ideal, infinite solenoid,’’ by Jacques D. Templin [Am. J. Phys. 63 (10), 916–920 (1995)]
James B. Calvert
Am. J. Phys. 64, 1330 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18378
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A response to J. B. Calvert’s ‘‘Comment on ‘Exact solution to the field equations in the case of an ideal infinite solenoid’ ’’ [Am. J. Phys. 64, 1330 (1996)]
Jacques D. Templin
Am. J. Phys. 64, 1330–1331 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18379
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Abuse of the equality symbol
N. Fujiwara; O. Kamei; E. Kyogaku
Am. J. Phys. 64, 1331 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18380
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The physical (in)significance of Moseley’s screening parameter
K. Razi Naqvi
Am. J. Phys. 64, 1332 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18381
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Apparatus and Demonstration Notes

Computer analysis of pendulum motion: An alternative way of collecting experimental data
E. Bulur; S. Ö Aniltürk; A. M. Özer
Am. J. Phys. 64, 1333–1337 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18382
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Two semiquantitative demonstrations of stress birefringence
Joe L. Ferguson
Am. J. Phys. 64, 1338–1340 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18383
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Book Reviews

Environmental Physics
Egbert Boeker; Rienk van Grondelle; Clinton Van Siclen
Am. J. Phys. 64, 1341–1342 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18430
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Einstein and Our World
David Cassidy; Richard J. Noer
Am. J. Phys. 64, 1341 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18439
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Color and Light in Nature
David K. Lynch; William Livingston; A. James Mallmann
Am. J. Phys. 64, 1342–1343 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18431
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Online “Advanced Labs” in physics
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