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Volume 64, Issue 6
June 1996
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

Questions and Answers

Question ♯43. The Fokker–Planck equation
Dwight E. Neuenschwander
Am. J. Phys. 64, 681 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18224
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Question ♯44. Bernoulli’s principle
Hans C. Ohanian
Am. J. Phys. 64, 681 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18225
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Answer to Question ♯6 [‘‘Faraday’s law,’’ by A. P. French, Am. J. Phys. 62(11), 972 (1994)]
Robert Mills
Am. J. Phys. 64, 681–682 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18226
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Question ♯42. Qualitative explanation of the van der Waals equation
Ralph Baierlein
Am. J. Phys. 64, 681 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18277
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Answer to Question ♯8 [‘‘Making our country worth defending,’’ Richard W. Peterson, Am. J. Phys. 62(11), 972 (1994)]
Robert R. Wilson
Am. J. Phys. 64, 682–683 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18227
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Answer to Question ♯18 [‘‘Simple proofs of Ampere’s law,’’ A. P. French, Am. J. Phys. 63(5), 394 (1995)]
J. H. Hannay
Am. J. Phys. 64, 683–684 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18228
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Answer to Question ♯18 [‘‘Simple proofs of Ampere’s law,’’ A. P. French, Am. J. Phys. 63 (5), 394 (1995)]
Robert Mills
Am. J. Phys. 64, 684–685 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18229
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Answer to Question ♯18 [‘‘Simple proofs of Ampere’s law,’’ A. P. French, Am. J. Phys. 63(5), 394 (1995)]
K. R. Brownstein
Am. J. Phys. 64, 685 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18230
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Answer to Question ♯28 [‘‘Bernoulli equation,’’ A. P. French, Am. J. Phys. 63(10), 875 (1995)]
William J. Mullin
Am. J. Phys. 64, 685–686 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18231
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Guest Comment

Guest Comment: Standards and measurements in physics—Why not in physics education?
Frederick Reif
Am. J. Phys. 64, 687–688 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18169
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Awards

American Association of Physics Teachers 1996 Oersted Medalist: Donald F. Holcomb
Howard G. Voss
Am. J. Phys. 64, 689 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18232
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‘‘Beyond F=ma,’’ Donald F. Holcomb’s acceptance speech for the 1996 Oersted Medal presented by the American Association of Physics Teachers, 16 January 1996
Donald F. Holcomb
Am. J. Phys. 64, 690–693 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18233
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Papers

Richard Feynman’s popular lectures on quantum electrodynamics: The 1979 Robb lectures at Auckland University
J. M. Dudley; A. M. Kwan
Am. J. Phys. 64, 694–698 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18234
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Test of the Biot–Savart law to distances of 15 m
George Ruppeiner; Michael Grossman; Ali Tafti
Am. J. Phys. 64, 698–705 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18235
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Charge density on a conducting needle
David J. Griffiths; Ye Li
Am. J. Phys. 64, 706–714 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18236
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Electric field line diagrams don’t work
Alan Wolf; Stephen J. Van Hook; Eric R. Weeks
Am. J. Phys. 64, 714–724 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18237
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Resonant Faraday rotation as a probe of atomic dispersion
D. A. Van Baak
Am. J. Phys. 64, 724–735 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18356
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Specific heat revisited
C. A. Pizarro; C. A. Condat; P. W. Lamberti; D. P. Prato
Am. J. Phys. 64, 736–744 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18171
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Design and measurements of variably nonuniform acoustic resonators
Bruce Denardo; Miguel Bernard
Am. J. Phys. 64, 745–751 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18172
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Throwing nature’s dice
Ricardo Aguayo; Geoff Simms; P. B. Siegel
Am. J. Phys. 64, 752–758 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18173
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Thermally excited liquid surface waves and their study through the quasielastic scattering of light
W. M. Klipstein; J. S. Radnich; S. K. Lamoreaux
Am. J. Phys. 64, 758–765 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18174
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Computers in the general physics laboratory
Daryl W. Preston; R. H. Good
Am. J. Phys. 64, 766–772 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18175
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The Newton two‐knife experiment: Intricacies of wedge diffraction
M. P. Silverman; Wayne Strange
Am. J. Phys. 64, 773–787 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18278
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Impurity level lifetime measurements using a lock‐in amplifier
Kenneth Edmondson; Steve Agoston; Radha Ranganathan
Am. J. Phys. 64, 787–791 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18176
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Nonspreading wave packets
Chun Wa Wong
Am. J. Phys. 64, 792–799 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18177
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Load distribution in moving furniture
P. Xiong‐Skiba
Am. J. Phys. 64, 799–803 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18178
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Quantum mechanical time‐development operator for the uniformly accelerated particle
R. W. Robinett
Am. J. Phys. 64, 803–808 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18179
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Stationary waves on cylindrical fluid jets
K. M. Awati; T. Howes
Am. J. Phys. 64, 808–811 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18180
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Direct calculation of time dilation
Oleg D. Jefimenko
Am. J. Phys. 64, 812–814 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18181
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Notes and Discussions

Easy equipotentials
Bruce R. Thomas
Am. J. Phys. 64, 815–816 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18223
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Gauss’ law for noninverse square forces
Steven B. Landy
Am. J. Phys. 64, 816–818 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18238
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Planck’s constant determination using a light bulb
Graciela Brizuela; Alfredo Juan
Am. J. Phys. 64, 819–821 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18239
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Bound states in two dimensions and the variational principle
F. A. B. Coutinho
Am. J. Phys. 64, 818 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18170
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Apparatus and Demonstration Notes

Modulated photogate
Francis A. Flaherty
Am. J. Phys. 64, 822 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18240
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Interpretation of diffraction in the shadow region and its visualization
N. Kanai
Am. J. Phys. 64, 823–826 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18241
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Book Reviews

Fritz London: A Scientific Biography
Kostas Gavroglu; Russell J. Donnelly
Am. J. Phys. 64, 827–828 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18433
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Home Is Where the Wind Blows: Chapters from a Cosmologist’s Life
Fred Hoyle; Laurence A. Marschall
Am. J. Phys. 64, 828–829 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18434
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Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb
Richard Rhodes; Art Hobson
Am. J. Phys. 64, 829–831 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18435
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