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Volume 73, Issue 12
December 2005
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

AWARDS

John S. Rigden Citation Robert A. Millikan Award for 2005
Jim Nelson
Am. J. Phys. 73, 1093 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2128650
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PAPERS

The mystique of physics: Relumine the Enlightenment
John S. Rigden
Am. J. Phys. 73, 1094–1098 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2110582
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Visualization of induced electric fields
A. P. J. van Deursen
Am. J. Phys. 73, 1099–1106 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2073987
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Fun with stacking blocks
John F. Hall
Am. J. Phys. 73, 1107–1116 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2074007
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The Minkowski metric in non-inertial observer radar coordinates
E. Minguzzi
Am. J. Phys. 73, 1117–1121 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2060716
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A damped pendulum forced with a constant torque
P. Coullet; J. M. Gilli; M. Monticelli; N. Vandenberghe
Am. J. Phys. 73, 1122–1128 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2074027
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Fluctuation correlation spectroscopy for the advanced physics laboratory
Robert Rieger; Carlheinz Röcker; G. Ulrich Nienhaus
Am. J. Phys. 73, 1129–1134 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2074047
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Construction and calibration of a low cost Fabry-Perot interferometer for spectroscopy experiments
Colin D. Fletcher; Chad Orzel
Am. J. Phys. 73, 1135–1138 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2063067
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Thermodynamic derivations of the mechanical equilibrium conditions for fluid surfaces: Young’s and Laplace’s equations
P. Roura
Am. J. Phys. 73, 1139–1147 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2117127
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Simple analytical models of gravitational collapse
R. J. Adler; J. D. Bjorken; P. Chen; J. S. Liu
Am. J. Phys. 73, 1148–1159 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2117187
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Simple derivation of general Fierz-type identities
C. C. Nishi
Am. J. Phys. 73, 1160–1163 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2074087
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PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH SECTION

Student understanding of induced current: Using tutorials in introductory physics to teach electricity and magnetism
Heidi V. Mauk; Dan Hingley
Am. J. Phys. 73, 1164–1171 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2117167
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Interpreting FCI scores: Normalized gain, preinstruction scores, and scientific reasoning ability
Vincent P. Coletta; Jeffrey A. Phillips
Am. J. Phys. 73, 1172–1182 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2117109
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NOTES AND DISCUSSIONS

Sequential measurements and the commutator
P. B. Siegel
Am. J. Phys. 73, 1183–1184 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1947197
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Relativity, energy flow, and hidden momentum
Timothy H. Boyer
Am. J. Phys. 73, 1184–1185 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2034525
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APPARATUS AND DEMONSTRATION NOTES

Protein gel electrophoresis in the undergraduate physics laboratory
Danny G. Miles, Jr.; David W. Bushman; Zhong-Ying Chen
Am. J. Phys. 73, 1186–1189 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1943431
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Correlation detection of fluorescent lamp flicker using a sound card
Guang-Hui Tang; Jiang-Cheng Wang
Am. J. Phys. 73, 1189–1191 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1994856
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Spontaneous magnetization of ferromagnets
Yaakov Kraftmakher
Am. J. Phys. 73, 1191–1194 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1994857
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What does the voltmeter read?
Howard W. Nicholson
Am. J. Phys. 73, 1194–1196 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1997171
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BOOK REVIEWS

Introductory Quantum Optics..
Mark Beck
Am. J. Phys. 73, 1197–1198 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2110623
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BOOKS RECEIVED
Am. J. Phys. 73, 1198 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2140298
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