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March 2012
ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909
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PAPERS
Experiments with a Malkus–Lorenz water wheel: Chaos and Synchronization
Am. J. Phys. 80, 192–202 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3680533
A low-cost spatial light modulator for use in undergraduate and graduate optics labs
Am. J. Phys. 80, 211–215 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3666834
The cantilever beam magnetometer: A simple teaching tool for magnetic characterization
Am. J. Phys. 80, 225–231 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3679840
Analyzing atomic noise with a consumer sound card
Am. J. Phys. 80, 240–245 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3663275
Quantum chaos: An introduction via chains of interacting spins 1/2
Am. J. Phys. 80, 246–251 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3671068
Surveying students’ understanding of quantum mechanics in one spatial dimension
Am. J. Phys. 80, 252–259 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3677653
APPARATUS AND DEMONSTRATION NOTES
BOOK REVIEWS
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.
The right way to introduce complex numbers in damped harmonic oscillators
Jason Tran, Leanne Doughty, et al.
Online “Advanced Labs” in physics
Peter A. Bennett