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Volume 65, Issue 6
June 1997
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

Questions and Answers

Question #62. When did the indeterminacy principle become the uncertainty principle?
William D. Harris
Am. J. Phys. 65, 461 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18596
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Question #61. Air bubble in an ultracentrifuge
Eli Honig
Am. J. Phys. 65, 461 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18597
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Answer to Question #4. Is there a physics application that is best analyzed in terms of continued fractions?
Thomas J. Pickett
Am. J. Phys. 65, 461 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18599
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Answer to Question #6. Faraday’s law
Allan Walstad
Am. J. Phys. 65, 462–463 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18598
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Answer to Question #56. Ice cream making
Allen Kropf
Am. J. Phys. 65, 463 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18600
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Answer to Question #56. Ice cream making
M. A. van Dijk
Am. J. Phys. 65, 463–464 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18601
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Editorial

Editorial: The American Journal of Physics and Its Referees
Kannan Jagannathan; Robert H. Romer
Am. J. Phys. 65, 465 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18633
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Papers

Resource Letter ITP-1: Information Theory in Physics
W. T. Grandy, Jr.
Am. J. Phys. 65, 466–476 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18776
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An introduction to space–time diagrams
N. David Mermin
Am. J. Phys. 65, 476–486 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18574
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A note on rotating coordinates in relativity
T. A. Weber
Am. J. Phys. 65, 486–487 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18575
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Sliding temperatures of ice skates
S. C. Colbeck; L. Najarian; H. B. Smith
Am. J. Phys. 65, 488–492 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18576
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Sub-Poissonian photocurrent statistics: Theory and undergraduate experiment
A. C. Funk; M. Beck
Am. J. Phys. 65, 492–500 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18577
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If light waves are stretched by gravitational waves, how can we use light as a ruler to detect gravitational waves?
Peter R. Saulson
Am. J. Phys. 65, 501–505 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18578
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Transverse bending waves and the breaking broomstick demonstration
Guy Vandegrift
Am. J. Phys. 65, 505–510 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18579
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Some time evolution properties of an electromagnetic wave
K. R. Brownstein
Am. J. Phys. 65, 510–515 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18580
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Hidden mechanical momentum and the field momentum in stationary electromagnetic and gravitational systems
V. Hnizdo
Am. J. Phys. 65, 515–518 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18581
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Diagonalization of the Dirac equation: An alternative approach
Barry R. Holstein
Am. J. Phys. 65, 519–522 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18582
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Nonlinear dynamical models and jerky motion
Stefan J. Linz
Am. J. Phys. 65, 523–526 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18594
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On the asymptotic decay law for wave packets in free space
K. Unnikrishnan
Am. J. Phys. 65, 526–527 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18583
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Motion of articulated bodies: An application of gauge invariance in classical Lagrangian mechanics
L. F. Lopez; F. A. B. Coutinho
Am. J. Phys. 65, 528–536 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18584
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Some simple chaotic jerk functions
J. C. Sprott
Am. J. Phys. 65, 537–543 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18585
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Measuring orbitals and bonding in atoms, molecules, and solids
Maarten Vos; Ian McCarthy
Am. J. Phys. 65, 544–553 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18586
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The human discharge chain
Scott C. Dudley; Bret D. Heerema; Ryan K. Haaland
Am. J. Phys. 65, 553–555 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18595
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High efficiency diffractive lenses: Deduction of kinoform profile
Vicente Moreno; Juan Félix Román; José Ramón Salgueiro
Am. J. Phys. 65, 556–562 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18587
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Phase space integration method for bound states
Sharada Nagabhushana; B. A. Kagali; Sivramkrishna Vijay
Am. J. Phys. 65, 563–564 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18588
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Notes and Discussions

Spreadsheet solutions for Ampere’s law problems with irregularly shaped conductors
Francis X. Hart
Am. J. Phys. 65, 565–567 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18593
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Spontaneous symmetry breaking in a Cavendish experiment
Jean Sivardière
Am. J. Phys. 65, 567–568 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18589
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Comment on “Electromagnetism in Euclidean four space: A discussion between God and the Devil,” by José A. Heras [Am. J. Phys. 62 (10), 914–916 (1994)]
Donald H. Kobe
Am. J. Phys. 65, 569 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18590
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New Problems

Bose–Einstein condensation
Isaac F. Silvera
Am. J. Phys. 65, 570–574 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18591
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Mechanical amplifiers for gravitational wave detectors
Mark F. Bocko
Am. J. Phys. 65, 574–578 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18592
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Book Reviews

How Nature Works: The Science of Self-Organized Criticality
Per Bak; Michael Weissman
Am. J. Phys. 65, 579–580 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18610
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Gravity’s Fatal Attraction: Black Holes in the Universe
Mitchell Begelman; Martin Rees; J. Craig Wheeler
Am. J. Phys. 65, 580–581 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18608
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In Search of the Ultimate Building Blocks
Gerard 't Hooft; Frank Close
Am. J. Phys. 65, 581 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18609
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