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Volume 74, Issue 9
September 2006
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

On past and present scientific “mumbo-jumbo”
Cleanthes A. Nicolaides
Am. J. Phys. 74, 757 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2209248
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The Perrin experiment
Laurel Coffey
Am. J. Phys. 74, 757 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2232681
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EDITORIAL

Preparing K-12 teachers in physics: Insights from history, experience, and research
Lillian C. McDermott
Am. J. Phys. 74, 758–762 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2209243
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PAPERS

Improving the preparation of K-12 teachers through physics education research
Lillian C. McDermott; Paula R. L. Heron; Peter S. Shaffer; MacKenzie R. Stetzer
Am. J. Phys. 74, 763–767 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2209244
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Using a digital camera as a measuring device
Salvador Gil; Hernán D. Reisin; Eduardo E. Rodríguez
Am. J. Phys. 74, 768–775 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2210487
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The motion of a freely falling chain tip
W. Tomaszewski; P. Pieranski; J.-C. Geminard
Am. J. Phys. 74, 776–783 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2204074
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Toy models: The jumping pendulum
Alain Goriely; Philippe Boulanger; Jules Leroy
Am. J. Phys. 74, 784–788 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2198886
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Catastrophic bolide impacts on the Earth: Some estimates
Julio Gratton; Carlos Alberto Perazzo
Am. J. Phys. 74, 789–793 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2205880
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On visualizing crystal lattice planes
P. K. Aravind
Am. J. Phys. 74, 794–799 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2213633
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Staging quantum cryptography with chocolate balls
Karl Svozil
Am. J. Phys. 74, 800–803 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2205879
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Elementary model of sprite igniting electric fields
Martin Fullekrug
Am. J. Phys. 74, 804–805 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2206573
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Magnetically coupled rotors
Tiara Norris; Brendan Diamond; Eric Ayars
Am. J. Phys. 74, 806–808 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2209247
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Inference of magnetospheric currents from multipoint magnetic field measurements
James A. Van Allen
Am. J. Phys. 74, 809–814 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2205881
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Electromagnetic braking: A simple quantitative model
Yan Levin; Fernando L. da Silveira; Felipe B. Rizzato
Am. J. Phys. 74, 815–817 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2203645
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Dismissing renewed attempts to deny Einstein the discovery of special relativity
Roger Cerf
Am. J. Phys. 74, 818–824 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2221341
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From an idea to a vision: There’s plenty of room at the bottom
Andreas Junk; Falk Riess
Am. J. Phys. 74, 825–830 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2213634
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Quantum fractal superlattices
Juan A. Monsoriu; Francisco R. Villatoro; María J. Marín; Jezabel Pérez; Llúcia Monreal
Am. J. Phys. 74, 831–836 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2209242
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NOTES AND DISCUSSIONS

Comment on “Quantum harmonic oscillator revisited: A Fourier transform approach” by S. A. Ponomarenko [Am. J. Phys. 72 (9) 1259–1260 (2004)]
Andreas Engel
Am. J. Phys. 74, 837 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2221343
View articletitled, Comment on “Quantum harmonic oscillator revisited: A Fourier transform approach” by S. A. Ponomarenko [Am. J. Phys. 72 (9) 1259–1260 (2004)]
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Relativistic addition of parallel velocities from Lorentz contraction and time dilation
Aleksandar Gjurchinovski
Am. J. Phys. 74, 838–839 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2232680
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The period of a pendulum in a uniformly accelerating reference frame
David R. Rowland
Am. J. Phys. 74, 839 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2218356
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Comment on “Snell's law from an elementary particle viewpoint,” by D. Drosdoff and A. Widom [Am. J. Phys. 73 (10), 973–975 (2005)]
José-Philippe Pérez
Am. J. Phys. 74, 840 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2213636
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Reply to “Comment on ‘Snell’s law from an elementary particle viewpoint,’ ” by José-Philippe Pérez [Am. J. Phys. 74 (9), 840–840 (2006)]
D. Drosdoff; A. Widom
Am. J. Phys. 74, 840 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2213637
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Erratum: “Research-inspired problems for electricity and magnetism” [Am. J. Phys. 74 (4), 351–354 (2006)]
Beth Parks
Am. J. Phys. 74, 841 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2218360
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APPARATUS AND DEMONSTRATION NOTES

Fourier spectroscopy of ultrashort laser pulses
J. Peatross; S. D. Bergeson
Am. J. Phys. 74, 842–845 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2218358
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BOOK REVIEWS

The Feynman Lectures on Physics—The Complete Audio Collection
Steven T. Ratliff
Am. J. Phys. 74, 846–847 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2246227
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Ergodic Lagrangian dynamics in a superhero universe
I. L. Tregillis, George R. R. Martin
A simple Minkowskian time-travel spacetime
John D. Norton
All objects and some questions
Charles H. Lineweaver, Vihan M. Patel
Kepler's Moon puzzle—A historical context for pinhole imaging
Thomas Quick, Johannes Grebe-Ellis
The surprising subtlety of electrostatic field lines
Kevin Zhou, Tomáš Brauner
An undergraduate lab experiment on matched filtering as used in gravitational wave detection
Michael Daam, Antje Bergmann, et al.
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