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Volume 76, Issue 1
January 2008
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909
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Resource Letter PSNAC-1: Physics and society: Nuclear arms control
Alexander Glaser; Zia Mian
Am. J. Phys. 76, 5–14 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2800356
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On the potential of a chemical Bonds: Possible effects of steroids on home run production in baseball
R. G. Tobin
Am. J. Phys. 76, 15–20 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2787014
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Sadi Carnot’s contribution to the second law of thermodynamics
Don S. Lemons; Margaret K. Penner
Am. J. Phys. 76, 21–25 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2794346
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Simple spin models with non-concave entropies
Hugo Touchette
Am. J. Phys. 76, 26–30 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2794350
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A simplified treatment of the Landau theory of phase transitions for thin ferroelectric films
C. K. Wong; F. G. Shin
Am. J. Phys. 76, 31–38 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2800353
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Observation of the Fresnel and Arago laws using the Mach-Zehnder interferometer
Bhaskar Kanseri; Nandan S. Bisht; H. C. Kandpal; Shyama Rath
Am. J. Phys. 76, 39–42 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2794349
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Graphical representation of the diffraction grating equation
Gilles Fortin
Am. J. Phys. 76, 43–47 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2787016
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Dynamic creation of electrostatic fields
P. R. Berman
Am. J. Phys. 76, 48–54 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2787018
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The geometrical nature and some properties of the capacitance coefficients based on Laplace’s equation
William J. Herrera; Rodolfo A. Diaz
Am. J. Phys. 76, 55–59 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2800355
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Calculation of determinants using contour integrals
Klaus Kirsten; Paul Loya
Am. J. Phys. 76, 60–64 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2794348
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Wick calculus
Alexander Wurm; Marcus Berg
Am. J. Phys. 76, 65–72 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2805232
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The general relativistic infinite plane
Preston Jones; Gerardo Muñoz; Michael Ragsdale; Douglas Singleton
Am. J. Phys. 76, 73–78 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2800354
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PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH

Physics faculty and educational researchers: Divergent expectations as barriers to the diffusion of innovations
Charles Henderson; Melissa H. Dancy
Am. J. Phys. 76, 79–91 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2800352
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NOTES AND DISCUSSIONS

Comment on “A block slipping on a sphere with friction: Exact and perturbative solutions,” by Tom Prior and E. J. Mele [Am. J. Phys. 75 (5), 423–426 (2007)]
O. L. de Lange; J. Pierrus; Tom Prior; E. J. Mele
Am. J. Phys. 76, 92–93 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2794351
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Comment on “On an identity for the volume integral of the square of a vector field,” by A. M. Stewart [Am. J. Phys. 75 (6), 561–564 (2007)]
Robert L. Intemann
Am. J. Phys. 76, 93–95 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2794347
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Erratum: “Ion acoustic wave experiments in a high school plasma physics laboratory” [Am. J. Phys. 75 (2), 103–110 (2007)]
Reza Zarinshenas
Am. J. Phys. 76, 95 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2815367
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