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Volume 72, Issue 12
December 2004
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909
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The physics of bat echolocation: Signal processing techniques
Mark Denny
Am. J. Phys. 72, 1465–1477 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1778393
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Challenges to Faraday’s flux rule
Frank Munley
Am. J. Phys. 72, 1478–1483 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1789163
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Torque or no torque? Simple charged particle motion observed in different inertial frames
J. D. Jackson
Am. J. Phys. 72, 1484–1487 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1783902
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The Hertz contact in chain elastic collisions
P. Patrı́cio
Am. J. Phys. 72, 1488–1491 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1778394
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A billiard-theoretic approach to elementary one-dimensional elastic collisions
S. Redner
Am. J. Phys. 72, 1492–1498 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1738428
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Force on a dielectric slab: Fringing field approach
Eric R. Dietz
Am. J. Phys. 72, 1499–1500 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1764563
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Understanding the Fano resonance through toy models
Swarnali Bandopadhyay; Binayak Dutta-Roy; H. S. Mani
Am. J. Phys. 72, 1501–1507 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1789162
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Rocking Newton’s cradle
Stefan Hutzler; Gary Delaney; Denis Weaire; Finn MacLeod
Am. J. Phys. 72, 1508–1516 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1783898
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Absence of convection in a perfect gas
Alessandro Ciattoni; Paolo Di Porto; Bruno Crosignani
Am. J. Phys. 72, 1517–1520 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1773579
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Use of the Einstein–Brillouin–Keller action quantization
Lorenzo J. Curtis; David G. Ellis
Am. J. Phys. 72, 1521–1523 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1768554
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Simplified derivation of the Hawking–Unruh temperature for an accelerated observer in vacuum
Paul M. Alsing; Peter W. Milonni
Am. J. Phys. 72, 1524–1529 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1761064
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NOTES AND DISCUSSIONS

Comment on “The distribution of composite measurements: How to be certain of the uncertainties in what we measure,” by M. P. Silverman, W. Strange, and T. C. Lipscombe [Am. J. Phys. 72 (8), 1068–1081 (2004)]
F. A. B. Coutinho; L. F. Lopez; E. Massad
Am. J. Phys. 72, 1530 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1806483
View articletitled, Comment on “The distribution of composite measurements: How to be certain of the uncertainties in what we measure,” by M. P. Silverman, W. Strange, and T. C. Lipscombe [Am. J. Phys. <strong>72</strong> (8), 1068–1081 (2004)]
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Erratum: “Photolithographic fabrication of diffraction and interference slit patterns for the undergraduate laboratory” [Am. J. Phys. 72 (10), 1328–1334 (2004)]
Harriet Slogoff; Jeff Mackowiak; Milen Shishkov; Alan T. Johnson
Am. J. Phys. 72, 1530 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1818143
View articletitled, Erratum: “Photolithographic fabrication of diffraction and interference slit patterns for the undergraduate laboratory” [Am. J. Phys. <strong>72</strong> (10), 1328–1334 (2004)]
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BOOK REVIEWS

Modern Classical Optics
Geoffrey Brooker; Alma C. Zook
Am. J. Phys. 72, 1531 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1794760
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A story with twists and turns: How to control the rotation of the notched stick
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