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Volume 66, Issue 9
September 1998
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

Questions and Answers

Question #76. Neutrino mass and helicity
M. P. Fewell
Am. J. Phys. 66, 751 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18970
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Question #77. The scientific method
Ralph Baierlein
Am. J. Phys. 66, 751 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.19029
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Guest Comment

Scientific literacy or scientific awareness?
Chet Raymo
Am. J. Phys. 66, 752 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18971
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Papers

What is quantum mechanics trying to tell us?
N. David Mermin
Am. J. Phys. 66, 753–767 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18955
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A rooftop radio observatory: An undergraduate telescope system at the University of California at Berkeley
R. Parthasarathy; C. Frank; R. Treffers; D. Cudaback; C. Heiles; C. Hancox; R. Millan
Am. J. Phys. 66, 768–771 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18956
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The sweet spot of a baseball bat
Rod Cross
Am. J. Phys. 66, 772–779 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.19030
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The optical-mechanical analogy for stationary metrics in general relativity
Paul M. Alsing
Am. J. Phys. 66, 779–790 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18957
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Anomalous dispersion of dye solutions observed in a prismatic cuvette
Miklós Erdélyi; Margit Hilbert; Zsolt Bor
Am. J. Phys. 66, 791–793 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18958
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Time-frequency analysis with the continuous wavelet transform
W. Christopher Lang; Kyle Forinash
Am. J. Phys. 66, 794–797 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18959
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Who were Fabry and Pérot?
Joseph F. Mulligan
Am. J. Phys. 66, 797–802 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18960
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A current sheet model for the Earth’s magnetic field
Daniel R. Stump; Gerald L. Pollack
Am. J. Phys. 66, 802–810 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18961
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Propagation of a Feynman error on real and inertial forces in rotating systems
Martin S. Tiersten; Harry Soodak
Am. J. Phys. 66, 810–811 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18962
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Notes and Discussions

Special polynomials by matrix algebra
H. Beker
Am. J. Phys. 66, 812–813 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18963
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Comment on “Diffusion equation for one-dimensional unbiased hopping” by R. Collins, S. R. Carson, and J. A. D. Matthew [Am. J. Phys. 65 (3), 230–237 (1997)]
W. N. Hugrass
Am. J. Phys. 66, 813–814 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18972
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Dimensional angles and universal constants
Jean-Marc Lévy-Leblond
Am. J. Phys. 66, 814–815 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18964
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Apparatus and Demonstration Notes

Examining tensors in the lab: The dielectric permittivity and electrical resistivity of wood
Benjamin S. Perkalskis; J. Reuben Freeman
Am. J. Phys. 66, 816–820 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18965
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A comparison of commercial chaotic pendulums
James A. Blackburn; Gregory L. Baker
Am. J. Phys. 66, 821–830 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18966
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A low-cost apparatus for the production of surface wave patterns in a vertically oscillating fluid
Tim Pritchett; Jin K. Kim
Am. J. Phys. 66, 830–833 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18967
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Dipole and induced electric polarization of water in liquid and solid phase: A laboratory experiment
Tadeusz Lewowski
Am. J. Phys. 66, 833–835 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18968
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Application of high-purity germanium (HPGe) detector to advanced laboratory experiment on the Compton effect
Seth A. Hieronymus; Loraine L. Lundquist; David A. Cornell
Am. J. Phys. 66, 836 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18969
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Book Reviews

Critical Problems in Physics.
Val L. Fitch; Daniel R. Marlow; Margit A. E. Dementi; Freeman J. Dyson
Am. J. Phys. 66, 837–838 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18973
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Appearance and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Physics.
Peter Kosso; Jeffrey Bub
Am. J. Phys. 66, 838–839 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18974
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The Story of Spin.
Sin-itiro Tomonaga; Herman Feshbach
Am. J. Phys. 66, 839–840 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.18975
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