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Volume 79, Issue 1
January 2011
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909
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PAPERS

Resource Letter NSM-1: New insights into the nuclear shell model
David J. Dean; Joseph H. Hamilton
Am. J. Phys. 79, 5–16 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3490013
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What Gay-Lussac didn’t tell us
C. H. Holbrow; J. C. Amato
Am. J. Phys. 79, 17–24 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3485034
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A question of mass
Jeremy Bernstein
Am. J. Phys. 79, 25–31 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3487939
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Experiments on buoyancy and surface tension following Galileo Galilei
S. Straulino; C. M. C. Gambi; A. Righini
Am. J. Phys. 79, 32–36 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3492721
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Ice rafts not sails: Floating the rocks at Racetrack Playa
Ralph D. Lorenz; Brian K. Jackson; Jason W. Barnes; Joe Spitale; John M. Keller
Am. J. Phys. 79, 37–42 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3490645
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When action is not least for orbits in general relativity
C. G. Gray; Eric Poisson
Am. J. Phys. 79, 43–56 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3488986
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Varying-G cosmology with type Ia supernovae
Rutger Dungan; Harrison B. Prosper
Am. J. Phys. 79, 57–62 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3486585
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Visualizing circular motion around a Schwarzschild black hole
Thomas Müller; Sebastian Boblest
Am. J. Phys. 79, 63–73 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3492722
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Thermodynamics of heating a room
H. J. Kreuzer; S. H. Payne
Am. J. Phys. 79, 74–77 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3488987
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When does hot water freeze faster then cold water? A search for the Mpemba effect
James D. Brownridge
Am. J. Phys. 79, 78–84 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3490015
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Teaching laser physics by experiments
Jes Henningsen
Am. J. Phys. 79, 85–93 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3488984
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Less than perfect quantum wavefunctions in momentum-space: How ϕ(p) senses disturbances in the force
M. Belloni; R. W. Robinett
Am. J. Phys. 79, 94–102 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3492723
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Relaxing gap capacitor models of electrified interfaces
M. B. Partenskii; P. C. Jordan
Am. J. Phys. 79, 103–110 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3490647
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On the exact electric and magnetic fields of an electric dipole
W. J. M. Kort-Kamp; C. Farina
Am. J. Phys. 79, 111–114 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3488989
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The significance of the Schott energy for energy-momentum conservation of a radiating charge obeying the Lorentz–Abraham–Dirac equation
Ø. Grøn
Am. J. Phys. 79, 115–122 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3488985
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Listening to student conversations during clicker questions: What you have not heard might surprise you!
Mark C. James; Shannon Willoughby
Am. J. Phys. 79, 123–132 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3488097
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PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH

Connecting symbolic difficulties with failure in physics
Eugene T. Torigoe; Gary E. Gladding
Am. J. Phys. 79, 133–140 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3487941
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BOOK REVIEWS

Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Climate Change and Energy in the 21st Century
Robert H. Socolow
Am. J. Phys. 79, 141 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3485282
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Selected Papers on the Periodic Table
Stephen J. Weininger
Am. J. Phys. 79, 141–143 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3491167
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Quantum Physics: A Fundamental Approach to Modern Physics
Marj Corcoran
Am. J. Phys. 79, 143–144 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3491172
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BOOKS RECEIVED
Am. J. Phys. 79, 144 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3524907
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Detecting gravitational waves with light
Markus Pössel
Ergodic Lagrangian dynamics in a superhero universe
I. L. Tregillis, George R. R. Martin
All objects and some questions
Charles H. Lineweaver, Vihan M. Patel
Temperature as joules per bit
Charles Alexandre Bédard, Sophie Berthelette, et al.
Online “Advanced Labs” in physics
Peter A. Bennett
The right way to introduce complex numbers in damped harmonic oscillators
Jason Tran, Leanne Doughty, et al.
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