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Volume 79, Issue 10
October 2011
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

EDITORIAL

Why be editor?
David P. Jackson
Editor, AJP : David P. Jackson
Am. J. Phys. 79, 989–990 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3633698
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PAPERS

Foaming in stout beers
W. T. Lee; M. G. Devereux
Am. J. Phys. 79, 991–998 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3620416
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Why is surface tension a force parallel to the interface?
Antonin Marchand; Joost H. Weijs; Jacco H. Snoeijer; Bruno Andreotti
Am. J. Phys. 79, 999–1008 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3619866
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The two-piston problem revisited: Generalization from reversible to irreversible expansion
Joaquim Anacleto; Joaquim Alberto C. Anacleto; J. M. Ferreira
Am. J. Phys. 79, 1009–1014 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3574392
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Is Newton’s second law really Newton’s?
Bruce Pourciau
Am. J. Phys. 79, 1015–1022 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3607433
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The refractive anamorphic viewer of J.-F. Niceron: Reconstructing a 17th century optical toy
James L. Hunt; John Sharp
Am. J. Phys. 79, 1023–1029 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3607436
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Magnetic field of a finite solenoid with a linear permeable core
L. Lerner
Am. J. Phys. 79, 1030–1035 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3602096
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A first principles derivation of the electromagnetic fields of a point charge in arbitrary motion
Ashok K. Singal
Am. J. Phys. 79, 1036–1041 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3620257
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Measuring the speed of electromagnetic waves using the cross correlation function of broadband noise at the ends of a transmission line
Alberto T. Pérez
Am. J. Phys. 79, 1042–1045 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3607431
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A simplified approach to synchrotron radiation
B. D. Patterson
Am. J. Phys. 79, 1046–1052 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3614033
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Kramers–Kronig, Bode, and the meaning of zero
John Bechhoefer
Am. J. Phys. 79, 1053–1059 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3614039
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Composition of physical quantities in one dimension: Group-theoretic differentiable functions
F. Zaldívar; J. L. del Río-Correa; E. García-Martínez; M. Fernández-Guasti
Am. J. Phys. 79, 1060–1063 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3610179
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Simple approach to relativistic spin dynamics
Krzysztof Rębilas
Am. J. Phys. 79, 1064–1067 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3619868
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PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH

Student understanding of the angular momentum of classical particles
Hunter G. Close; Paula R. L. Heron
Am. J. Phys. 79, 1068–1078 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3579141
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APPARATUS AND DEMONSTRATION NOTES

Measuring soap bubble thickness with color matching
Y. D. Afanasyev; G. T. Andrews; C. G. Deacon
Am. J. Phys. 79, 1079–1082 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3596431
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BOOK REVIEWS

Coming of Age with Quantum Information: Notes on a Paulian Idea.
Daniel M. Greenberger
Am. J. Phys. 79, 1083–1084 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3602093
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BOOKS RECEIVED
Am. J. Phys. 79, 1084 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3633331
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On cat–human interaction from the viewpoint of physics: An equation of motion
Anxo Biasi
A simple model of a gravitational lens from geometric optics
Bogdan Szafraniec, James F. Harford
Playing with active matter
Angelo Barona Balda, Aykut Argun, et al.
The physics of “everesting” on a bicycle
Martin Bier
Perfect and imperfect pitchfork bifurcations in a V-shaped spring-mass system: Comment on “Hysteresis in a simple V-shaped spring-mass system” [Am. J. Phys. 89, 663–665 (2021)]
J. J. Bissell, A. M. Nagaitis
Counterintuitive properties of relativistic relative motion for accelerated observers
M. Pössel
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