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Volume 80, Issue 10
October 2012
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

EDITORIAL

The physics major in jeopardy
Jill A. Marshall
Am. J. Phys. 80, 849–850 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4732527
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PAPERS

Resource Letter BSSMF-1: Biological Sensing of Static Magnetic Fields
Leonard Finegold
Am. J. Phys. 80, 851–861 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4742184
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Video-based spatial portraits of a nonlinear vibrating string
Umer Hassan; Zubair Usman; Muhammad Sabieh Anwar
Am. J. Phys. 80, 862–869 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4740251
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Elastic and viscous properties of Silly Putty
Rod Cross
Am. J. Phys. 80, 870–875 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4732086
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Low-cost diffuse optical tomography for the classroom
Taisuke Minagawa; Peyman Zirak; Udo M. Weigel; Anna K. Kristoffersen; Nicolas Mateos; Alejandra Valencia; Turgut Durduran
Am. J. Phys. 80, 876–881 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4739924
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A semiclassical optics derivation of Einstein’s rate equations
Robert Höppner; Eugenio Roldán; Germán J. de Valcárcel
Am. J. Phys. 80, 882–890 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4740247
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Spontaneous symmetry breakdown in non-relativistic quantum mechanics
R. Muñoz-Vega; A. García-Quiroz; Ernesto López-Chávez; Encarnación Salinas-Hernández
Am. J. Phys. 80, 891–897 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4739927
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Gravitational wave science in the high school classroom
Benjamin Farr; GionMatthias Schelbert; Laura Trouille
Am. J. Phys. 80, 898–904 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4738365
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Unifying the inertia and Riemann curvature tensors through geometric algebra
M. Berrondo; J. Greenwald; C. Verhaaren
Am. J. Phys. 80, 905–912 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4734014
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Rounding off the cow: Challenges and successes in an interdisciplinary physics course for life science students
Dawn C. Meredith; Jessica A. Bolker
Am. J. Phys. 80, 913–922 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4733357
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PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH

Thinking like a physicist: A multi-semester case study of junior-level electricity and magnetism
Stephanie V. Chasteen; Steven J. Pollock; Rachel E. Pepper; Katherine K. Perkins
Am. J. Phys. 80, 923–930 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4732528
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NOTES AND DISCUSSIONS

Comment on “Is Newton’s second law really Newton’s?” by Bruce Pourciau [Am. J. Phys. 79(10), 1015–1022 (2011)]
Michael Nauenberg
Am. J. Phys. 80, 931–933 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4736746
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Reply to “Comment on ‘Is Newton’s second law really Newton’s?’ by Bruce Pourciau [
Am. J. Phys.
79(10),
1015
–
1022
(
2011
)]”
Bruce Pourciau
Am. J. Phys. 80, 934–935 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4736957
View articletitled, Reply to “Comment on ‘Is Newton’s second law really Newton’s?’ by Bruce Pourciau [<span class="related-article"><div class="source">Am. J. Phys.</div> 79(10), <div class="fpage">1015</div>–<div class="lpage">1022</div> (<div class="year">2011</div>)</span>]”
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BOOK REVIEWS

The Infinity Puzzle: Quantum Field Theory and the Hunt for an Orderly Universe
Robert P. Crease
Am. J. Phys. 80, 936–937 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4730935
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The Optics of Life: A Biologist’s Guide to Light in Nature.
Curtis Mobley
Am. J. Phys. 80, 937–938 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4739054
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The Practical Einstein: Experiments, Patents, Inventions.
Eugene Hecht
Am. J. Phys. 80, 938–939 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4742755
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BOOKS RECEIVED
Am. J. Phys. 80, 939–940 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4748810
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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
The hardest-hit home run?
Donald C. Warren
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