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Volume 70, Issue 8

August 2002

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ISSN 0002-9505

EISSN 1943-2909

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
PAPERS
NOTES AND DISCUSSIONS
APPARATUS AND DEMONSTRATION NOTES
BOOK REVIEWS

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The spin-statistics theorem

Robert H. Romer

Am. J. Phys. 70, 791 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1482064

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PAPERS

Teaching the photon gas in introductory physics

Harvey S. Leff

Am. J. Phys. 70, 792–797 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1479743

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Relations between Newtonian mechanics, general relativity, and quantum mechanics

D. Savickas

Am. J. Phys. 70, 798–807 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1479740

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The variational principle and simple properties of the ground-state wave function

J. Mur-Petit; A. Polls; F. Mazzanti

Am. J. Phys. 70, 808–810 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1479742

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Effective range theory

Lars Bojer Madsen

Am. J. Phys. 70, 811–814 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1473644

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A geometric theory of rapidly spinning tops, tippe tops, and footballs

Harry Soodak

Am. J. Phys. 70, 815–828 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1479741

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Teaching antenna reception and scattering from a time-domain perspective

Glenn S. Smith

Am. J. Phys. 70, 829–844 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1479744

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An experiment to determine the skin depth and Fermi velocity in metals

N. P. Singh; S. C. Gupta; B. R. Sood

Am. J. Phys. 70, 845–846 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1485716

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The speed of sound in a hard disk gas: A computer simulation

F. L. Román; A. González; J. A. White; S. Velasco

Am. J. Phys. 70, 847–851 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1482060

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Majorana solution of the Thomas–Fermi equation

Salvatore Esposito

Am. J. Phys. 70, 852–856 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1484144

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Optical aberrations measurement with a low cost optometric instrument

Walter D. Furlan; L. Muñoz-Escrivá; A. Pons; M. Martı́nez-Corral

Am. J. Phys. 70, 857–861 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1484145

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NOTES AND DISCUSSIONS

Comment on “The ambiguity of random choices: Probability paradoxes in some physical processes,” by L. Basano and P. Ottonello [Am. J. Phys. 64 (1), 34–39 (1996)]

Krzysztof Rębilas

Am. J. Phys. 70, 862–863 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1485717

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Comment on “The proper homogeneous Lorentz transformation operator $e^{L} {=e}^{- ω⋅S - ξ⋅K} :$ Where’s it going, what’s the twist?” by H. L. Berk, K. Chaicherdsakul, and T. Udagawa [Am. J. Phys. 69 (9), 996–1009 (2001)]

R. Sartor

Am. J. Phys. 70, 863–867 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1488638

View articletitled, Comment on “The proper homogeneous Lorentz transformation operator <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><msup xmlns=""><mi>e</mi><mrow><mi>L</mi></mrow></msup><msup xmlns=""><mi>=e</mi><mrow><mi>−</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">ω⋅S</mi><mi>−</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">ξ⋅K</mi></mrow></msup><mi xmlns="">:</mi></math> Where’s it going, what’s the twist?” by H. L. Berk, K. Chaicherdsakul, and T. Udagawa [Am. J. Phys. 69 (9), 996–1009 (2001)]

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APPARATUS AND DEMONSTRATION NOTES

A vision-based motion sensor for undergraduate laboratories

Edcel John Salumbides; Joyce Maristela; Alfredson Uy; Kees Karremans

Am. J. Phys. 70, 868–871 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1427312

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Modeling the electrical resistivity of the earth’s subsurface on paper

K. G. Vandervoort; M. J. Lesmerises; K. C. Shuler; J. M. Spratt

Am. J. Phys. 70, 871–873 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1467910

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Undergraduate experiment to measure the speed of sound in liquid by diffraction of light

Diego A. Luna; Mariano A. Real; Débora V. Durán

Am. J. Phys. 70, 874–875 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1491263

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BOOK REVIEWS

Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship

George Dyson; Jeremy Bernstein

Am. J. Phys. 70, 876–879 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1492809

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The spin-statistics theorem

PAPERS

Teaching the photon gas in introductory physics

Relations between Newtonian mechanics, general relativity, and quantum mechanics

The variational principle and simple properties of the ground-state wave function

Effective range theory

A geometric theory of rapidly spinning tops, tippe tops, and footballs

Teaching antenna reception and scattering from a time-domain perspective

An experiment to determine the skin depth and Fermi velocity in metals

The speed of sound in a hard disk gas: A computer simulation

Majorana solution of the Thomas–Fermi equation

Optical aberrations measurement with a low cost optometric instrument

NOTES AND DISCUSSIONS

Comment on “The ambiguity of random choices: Probability paradoxes in some physical processes,” by L. Basano and P. Ottonello [Am. J. Phys. 64 (1), 34–39 (1996)]

Comment on “The proper homogeneous Lorentz transformation operator $e^{L} {=e}^{- ω⋅S - ξ⋅K} :$ Where’s it going, what’s the twist?” by H. L. Berk, K. Chaicherdsakul, and T. Udagawa [Am. J. Phys. 69 (9), 996–1009 (2001)]

APPARATUS AND DEMONSTRATION NOTES

A vision-based motion sensor for undergraduate laboratories

Modeling the electrical resistivity of the earth’s subsurface on paper

Undergraduate experiment to measure the speed of sound in liquid by diffraction of light

BOOK REVIEWS

Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship

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