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Volume 65, Issue 7
July 1997
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

Questions and Answers

Question #64. Why is the optimum path of the bowling ball asymmetric?
William D. Harris
Am. J. Phys. 65, 589 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18612
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Question #63. Does a change of reference frame really change the energy threshold for pair creation?
Phil Gardner
Am. J. Phys. 65, 589 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18661
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Answer to Question #49. Why c for gravitational waves?
John J. Dykla
Am. J. Phys. 65, 589 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18662
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Answer to Question #49. Why c for gravitational waves?
William H. Ingham
Am. J. Phys. 65, 589–590 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18663
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Answer to Question #49. Why c for gravitational waves?
William A. Hiscock
Am. J. Phys. 65, 590–591 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18664
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Answer to Question #49. Why c for gravitational waves?
Richard T. Hammond
Am. J. Phys. 65, 591 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18665
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Answer to Question #49. Why c for gravitational waves?
Kirk T. McDonald
Am. J. Phys. 65, 591–592 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18666
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Guest Comment

Guest Comment: Balance beams, current balances, and the International Physics Olympiad
Dwight E. Neuenschwander
Am. J. Phys. 65, 593–595 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18627
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Awards

American Association of Physics Teachers: Citations for Distinguished Service, 1997
Karen L. Johnston
Am. J. Phys. 65, 596–599 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18630
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Papers

The origin of the molecular field in ferromagnets
B. R. Coles
Am. J. Phys. 65, 600–601 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18614
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Atomic polarizabilities: Quantal and classical perspectives
J. F. Baugh; D. A. Edmonds; P. T. Nellesen; C. E. Burkhardt; J. J. Leventhal
Am. J. Phys. 65, 602–605 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18615
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Angles—Let’s treat them squarely
K. R. Brownstein
Am. J. Phys. 65, 605–614 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18616
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Measuring the speed of light with a fiber optic kit: An undergraduate experiment
E. Gülmez
Am. J. Phys. 65, 614–618 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18617
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Overcoming naïve mental models in explaining the Doppler shift: An illusion creates confusion
John G. Neuhoff; Michael K. McBeath
Am. J. Phys. 65, 618–621 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18618
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Photorefractive nonlinear optics in the undergraduate physics laboratory
Mark D. Matlin; David J. McGee
Am. J. Phys. 65, 622–634 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18619
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The Wigner angle as an anholonomy in rapidity space
P. K. Aravind
Am. J. Phys. 65, 634–636 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18620
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Interference, diffraction, and refraction, via Dirac’s notation
F. J. Duarte
Am. J. Phys. 65, 637–640 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18613
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A modular, reconfigurable-cavity, pulsed dye laser for the advanced undergraduate laboratory
John E. Sohl; Stephen G. Payton
Am. J. Phys. 65, 640–652 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18621
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Metastable states in classical and quantum systems
Mark Makela; Samantha Parmley; Roger Yu
Am. J. Phys. 65, 653–657 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18622
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Changing approach to teaching electromagnetism in a conceptually oriented introductory physics course
Igal Galili; Dov Kaplan
Am. J. Phys. 65, 657–667 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18623
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New Problems

Nuclear rotations
G. F. Bertsch; R. V. F. Janssens
Am. J. Phys. 65, 668–669 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18631
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Apparatus and Demonstration Notes

Using antilenses to demonstrate tautochronism for a microwave lens
Benjamin S. Perkalskis; J. Reuben Freeman
Am. J. Phys. 65, 670–672 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18624
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Demonstrating optical birefringence—A modification of Schneider’s experiment
Paul R. Camp
Am. J. Phys. 65, 672–674 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18625
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Book Reviews

Fragile Objects: Soft Matter, Hard Science, and the Thrill of Discovery
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes; Jacques Badoz; Freeman J. Dyson
Am. J. Phys. 65, 675 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18634
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The Nature of Space and Time
Stephen Hawking; Roger Penrose; Curt Cutler
Am. J. Phys. 65, 676 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18628
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Physics and Fractal Structures
Jean-François Gouyet; Amy L. R. Bug
Am. J. Phys. 65, 676–677 (1997) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18629
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The right way to introduce complex numbers in damped harmonic oscillators
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Internal ballistics of the sling
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