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Volume 74, Issue 6
June 2006
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909
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AWARDS

The American Association of Physics Teachers: Citations for Distinguished Service, 2006
Jim Nelson
Am. J. Phys. 74, 469–470 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2188964
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PAPERS

Resource Letter TMGR-1: Teaching the mathematics of general relativity
Robert M. Wald
Am. J. Phys. 74, 471–477 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2178850
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Einstein, Perrin, and the reality of atoms: 1905 revisited
Ronald Newburgh; Joseph Peidle; Wolfgang Rueckner
Am. J. Phys. 74, 478–481 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2188962
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Probability, pendulums, and pedagogy
Gregory L. Baker
Am. J. Phys. 74, 482–489 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2186689
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Falling chains
Chun Wa Wong; Kosuke Yasui
Am. J. Phys. 74, 490–496 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2186686
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Golfer’s dilemma
Marco Gualtieri; Tadashi Tokieda; L. Advis-Gaete; B. Carry; E. Reffet; Claude Guthmann
Am. J. Phys. 74, 497–501 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2180281
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From baking a cake to solving the diffusion equation
Edward A. Olszewski
Am. J. Phys. 74, 502–509 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2186330
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The magnetic dipole interaction as measured by spring dynamometers
Ramón Castañer; José M. Medina; María J. Cuesta-Bolao
Am. J. Phys. 74, 510–513 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2180286
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The Mpemba effect: When can hot water freeze faster than cold?
Monwhea Jeng
Am. J. Phys. 74, 514–522 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2186331
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On the problem of (dis)charging a capacitor through a lamp
Robert Ross; Prasad Venugopal
Am. J. Phys. 74, 523–525 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2178844
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An analysis of asynchronous online homework discussions in introductory physics courses
Gerd Kortemeyer
Am. J. Phys. 74, 526–536 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2186684
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Jack O’Lanterns and integrating spheres: Halloween physics
Lorne A. Whitehead; Michele A. Mossman
Am. J. Phys. 74, 537–541 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2190687
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A simple optical demonstration of quantum cryptography using transverse position and momentum variables
D. S. Lemelle; M. P. Almeida; P. H. Souto Ribeiro; S. P. Walborn
Am. J. Phys. 74, 542–546 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2198882
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Random numbers and random matrices: Quantum chaos meets number theory
Todd Timberlake
Am. J. Phys. 74, 547–553 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2198883
View articletitled, Random numbers and random matrices: Quantum chaos meets number theory
Supplementary Material
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NOTES AND DISCUSSIONS

Comment on “On the motion of an ice hockey puck,” by K. Voyenli and E. Eriksen [Am. J. Phys. 53 (12), 1149–1153 (1985)]
Mark Denny
Am. J. Phys. 74, 554–556 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2186685
View articletitled, Comment on “On the motion of an ice hockey puck,” by K. Voyenli and E. Eriksen [Am. J. Phys. 53 (12), 1149–1153 (1985)]
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The ℏ→ limit of the Schrödinger equation
Luc Kazandjian
Am. J. Phys. 74, 557 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2186338
View articletitled, The <span class="inline-formula no-formula-id"><span class="mathFormula"></span><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mrow xmlns=""><mi>ℏ</mi><mo>→</mo><mn></mn></mrow></math></span> limit of the Schrödinger equation
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Erratum: “Cooling of an ideal gas by rapid expansion” [Am. J. Phys. 74 (1), 54–59 (2006)]
Jason Zimba
Am. J. Phys. 74, 558 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2186691
View articletitled, Erratum: “Cooling of an ideal gas by rapid expansion” [Am. J. Phys. 74 (1), 54–59 (2006)]
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BOOK REVIEWS

Understanding Materials Science (2nd ed.).
David M. Tanenbaum
Am. J. Phys. 74, 559 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2201864
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