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Volume 76, Issue 7

July 2008

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ISSN 0002-9505

EISSN 1943-2909

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
PAPERS
PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH
NOTES AND DISCUSSIONS
APPARATUS AND DEMONSTRATION NOTES

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

“So what will you do if string theory is wrong?”

Moataz H. Emam

Am. J. Phys. 76, 605–606 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2919735

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Speaking of lessons from the history of science, does the name “Hermann” ring a Bell?

Caroline L. Herzenberg

Am. J. Phys. 76, 606–607 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2908192

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Never a dull moment

R. A. Lewis

Am. J. Phys. 76, 607 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2894537

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General relativity for all college students

Art Hobson

Am. J. Phys. 76, 607 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2899736

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PAPERS

Resource Letter GW-2: Global Warming

In Special Collection: Teaching about the environment, sustainability, and climate change (1975-2022)

Michael D. Mastrandrea; Stephen H. Schneider

Am. J. Phys. 76, 608–614 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2894511

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Conductors in quasistatic electric fields

Anupam Garg

Am. J. Phys. 76, 615–620 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2894525

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Poynting’s theorem for plane waves at an interface: A scattering matrix approach

V. Domínguez-Rocha; C. Zagoya; M. Martínez-Mares

Am. J. Phys. 76, 621–625 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2870269

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Precise measurements of Faraday rotation using ac magnetic fields

V. K. Valev; J. Wouters; T. Verbiest

Am. J. Phys. 76, 626–629 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2894529

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From laser cooling to aging: A unified Lévy flight description

Eric Bertin; François Bardou

Am. J. Phys. 76, 630–636 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2888543

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An experiment on the dynamics of thermal diffusion

M. C. Sullivan; B. G. Thompson; A. P. Williamson

Am. J. Phys. 76, 637–642 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2888544

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Explaining irreversibility

Robert H. Swendsen

Am. J. Phys. 76, 643–648 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2894523

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Illustrating Lyapunov’s analysis of asymptotic stability for a heavy particle affected by drag resistance

S. Siboni

Am. J. Phys. 76, 649–656 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2897289

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Quantum simulation of the single-particle Schrödinger equation

Giuliano Benenti; Giuliano Strini

Am. J. Phys. 76, 657–662 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2894532

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Relativistic aberration for accelerating observers

Robert Beig; J. Mark Heinzle

Am. J. Phys. 76, 663–670 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2888542

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Light cones and repulsive gravity

Giovanni Preti; Fernando de Felice

Am. J. Phys. 76, 671–676 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2894510

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PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH

Integrated approaches in physics education: A graduate level course in physics, pedagogy, and education research

Michael C. Wittmann; John R. Thompson

Am. J. Phys. 76, 677–683 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2897287

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Preparing physics graduate students to be educators

Edward Price; Noah Finkelstein

Am. J. Phys. 76, 684–690 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2897288

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NOTES AND DISCUSSIONS

Relativistic transformation of perpendicular velocity components from the constancy of the speed of light

Ben Yu-Kuang Hu

Am. J. Phys. 76, 691 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2919744

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APPARATUS AND DEMONSTRATION NOTES

Planets on the table: A laboratory experiment on radiation and planetary effective-temperature concepts

Oleksandr Karabanov; James C. St. John; William Chameides

Am. J. Phys. 76, 692–695 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2894524

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

“So what will you do if string theory is wrong?”

Speaking of lessons from the history of science, does the name “Hermann” ring a Bell?

Never a dull moment

General relativity for all college students

PAPERS

Resource Letter GW-2: Global Warming

Conductors in quasistatic electric fields

Poynting’s theorem for plane waves at an interface: A scattering matrix approach

Precise measurements of Faraday rotation using ac magnetic fields

From laser cooling to aging: A unified Lévy flight description

An experiment on the dynamics of thermal diffusion

Explaining irreversibility

Illustrating Lyapunov’s analysis of asymptotic stability for a heavy particle affected by drag resistance

Quantum simulation of the single-particle Schrödinger equation

Relativistic aberration for accelerating observers

Light cones and repulsive gravity

PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH

Integrated approaches in physics education: A graduate level course in physics, pedagogy, and education research

Preparing physics graduate students to be educators

NOTES AND DISCUSSIONS

Relativistic transformation of perpendicular velocity components from the constancy of the speed of light

APPARATUS AND DEMONSTRATION NOTES

Planets on the table: A laboratory experiment on radiation and planetary effective-temperature concepts

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