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Volume 70, Issue 12
December 2002
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

AWARDS

The 2001 Paul Klopsteg Memorial Lecture: Cosmology: Man’s place in the universe (a deconstruction)
Virginia Trimble
Am. J. Phys. 70, 1175–1183 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1514211
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PAPERS

Thin lens ray tracing
Ian R. Gatland
Am. J. Phys. 70, 1184–1186 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1507789
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Transient behavior of simple RC circuits
Norris W. Preyer
Am. J. Phys. 70, 1187–1193 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1508444
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Energy balance problems in systems of induced and permanent electric and magnetic dipoles
Robert A. Anderson; James E. Martin
Am. J. Phys. 70, 1194–1204 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1507793
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Harmonic? Anharmonic? Inharmonic?
Neville H. Fletcher
Am. J. Phys. 70, 1205–1207 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1509419
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Experimental study of the Neumann and Dirichlet boundary conditions in two-dimensional electrostatic problems
Salvador Gil; Martı́n Eduardo Saleta; Dina Tobia
Am. J. Phys. 70, 1208–1213 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1509418
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The vanishing of magnetic flux over a closed surface
Bekir Karaoglu
Am. J. Phys. 70, 1214–1215 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1510599
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Relativistic causality and conservation of energy in classical electromagnetic theory
A. Kislev; L. Vaidman
Am. J. Phys. 70, 1216–1223 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1512901
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A noncalculus proof that Fermat’s principle of least time implies the law of refraction
Harald Helfgott; Michel Helfgott
Am. J. Phys. 70, 1224–1225 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1514235
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APPARATUS AND DEMONSTRATION NOTES

Studying collisions in the general physics laboratory with quadrature light emitting diode sensors
P. A. DeYoung; B. Mulder
Am. J. Phys. 70, 1226–1230 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1482066
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Tabletop thermoacoustic refrigerator for demonstrations
Daniel A. Russell; Pontus Weibull
Am. J. Phys. 70, 1231–1233 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1485720
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A simple instrument for measuring time intervals with subnanosecond resolution
F. Fontanelli; L. Repetto; R. Chittofrati
Am. J. Phys. 70, 1234–1236 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1488639
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A simple method for measuring atmospheric pressure
S. Velasco; A. González; F. L. Román; J. A. White
Am. J. Phys. 70, 1236–1237 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1510143
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PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH SECTION

The challenge of changing deeply held student beliefs about the relativity of simultaneity
Rachel E. Scherr; Peter S. Shaffer; Stamatis Vokos
Am. J. Phys. 70, 1238–1248 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1509420
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College physics students’ epistemological self-reflection and its relationship to conceptual learning
David B. May; Eugenia Etkina
Am. J. Phys. 70, 1249–1258 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1503377
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The relationship between mathematics preparation and conceptual learning gains in physics: A possible “hidden variable” in diagnostic pretest scores
David E. Meltzer
Am. J. Phys. 70, 1259–1268 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1514215
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BOOK REVIEWS

Electrodynamics of Solids: Optical Properties of Electrons in Matter
Martin Dressel; George Gruener; George F. Bertsch
Am. J. Phys. 70, 1269–1270 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1516200
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The Genesis of Simulation in Dynamics: Pursuing the Fermi–Pasta–Ulam Problem
Thomas P. Weissert; Carleton DeTar
Am. J. Phys. 70, 1270–1271 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1517598
View articletitled, <em>The Genesis of Simulation in Dynamics: Pursuing the Fermi–Pasta–Ulam Problem</em>
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Post-Use Review: The Strange World of Quantum Mechanics
Daniel F. Styer; Kannan Jagannathan
Am. J. Phys. 70, 1271–1272 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1517599
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Neutron Interferometry: Lessons in Experimental Quantum Mechanics
Helmut Rauch; Samuel A. Werner; Mark P. Silverman
Am. J. Phys. 70, 1272–1274 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1517600
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Statistical Mechanics: A Survival Guide
Mike Glazer; Justin Wark; Beate Schmittmann
Am. J. Phys. 70, 1274–1275 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1519236
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Optical Properties of Solids
Mark Fox; George F. Bertsch
Am. J. Phys. 70, 1269–1270 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1691372
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