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Volume 78, Issue 1
January 2010
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

ARE WE TEACHING SCIENCE AS PRACTICED BY SCIENTISTS?
Mansoor Niaz
Am. J. Phys. 78, 5–6 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3238470
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JOULE’S WATERFALL MEASUREMENTS: A GREAT STORY, BUT IS IT TRUE?
Craig F. Bohren
Am. J. Phys. 78, 6 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3239848
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GUEST EDITORIAL

Coincidence and laws in physics
Friedrich Schlögl
Am. J. Phys. 78, 7–8 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3224763
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PAPERS

A discrete impulsive model for random heating and Brownian motion
John D. Ramshaw
Am. J. Phys. 78, 9–13 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3213526
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The Lorentz transformation: Simplification through complexification
Ezra T. Newman; Richard H. Price
Am. J. Phys. 78, 14–19 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3216468
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The momentum distribution of a one-dimensional ideal gas of N atoms
A. D. Boozer
Am. J. Phys. 78, 20–23 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3216470
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A model of peak production in oil fields
Daniel M. Abrams; Richard J. Wiener
Am. J. Phys. 78, 24–27 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3247984
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A cost-efficient frequency domain fluorescence lifetime measurement system
Baohong Yuan; Samantha R. McClellan; Bandar F. Al-Mifgai; Emily A. Growney; Olamide A. Komolafe
Am. J. Phys. 78, 28–34 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3224765
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A simple model of a Slinky walking down stairs
Ai-Ping Hu
Am. J. Phys. 78, 35–39 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3225921
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The longitude problem from the 1700s to today: An international and general education physics course
T. J. Bensky
Am. J. Phys. 78, 40–46 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3225922
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Intonation and compensation of fretted string instruments
Gabriele U. Varieschi; Christina M. Gower
Am. J. Phys. 78, 47–55 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3226563
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Modeling excitable systems: Reentrant tachycardia
Jarrett L. Lancaster; Edward H. Hellen; Esther M. Leise
Am. J. Phys. 78, 56–63 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3246868
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Determining the muon mass in an instructional laboratory
Benjamin Brau; Christopher May; Robert Ormond; John Essick
Am. J. Phys. 78, 64–70 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3230034
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Fabrication of slits for Young’s experiment using graphic arts films
Changsug Lee; Kwangmoon Shin; Sungmuk Lee; Jaebong Lee
Am. J. Phys. 78, 71–74 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3230035
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Identifying and addressing student difficulties with hydrostatic pressure
M. E. Loverude; P. R. L. Heron; C. H. Kautz
Am. J. Phys. 78, 75–85 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3192767
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Two-electron atoms, ions, and molecules
Hallstein Høgaasen; Jean-Marc Richard; Paul Sorba
Am. J. Phys. 78, 86–93 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3236392
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Rayleigh scattering revisited: From gases to crystals
Alberto G. Rojo; P. R. Berman
Am. J. Phys. 78, 94–101 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3236688
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Rapid calculation of individual ion Madelung constants and their convergence to bulk values
A. D. Baker; M. D. Baker
Am. J. Phys. 78, 102–105 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3243281
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A simple model for Carnot heat engines
Jacques Arnaud; Laurent Chusseau; Fabrice Philippe
Am. J. Phys. 78, 106–110 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3247983
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The EPR paradox, Bell’s inequality, and the question of locality
Guy Blaylock
Am. J. Phys. 78, 111–120 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3243279
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NOTES AND DISCUSSIONS

What Bell proved: A reply to Blaylock
Tim Maudlin
Am. J. Phys. 78, 121–125 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3243280
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Erratum: “Einstein on mass and energy” [Am. J. Phys. 77 (9), 799–806 (2009)]
Eugene Hecht
Am. J. Phys. 78, 125 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3254364
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BOOK REVIEWS

The Manga Guide to Physics
John L. Roeder
Am. J. Phys. 78, 126–127 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3223443
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Foundations of Astrophysics
Marek Demianski
Am. J. Phys. 78, 127 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3236393
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BOOK RECEIVED
Am. J. Phys. 78, 127–128 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3271677
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