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Volume 80, Issue 6
June 2012
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

AWARDS

2012 AAPT Award Citations at the Winter Meeting, Ontario, California
Am. J. Phys. 80, 465–467 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4709388
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Oersted Medal Address 2012: Narrative and Witz in Physics
Charles H. Holbrow
Am. J. Phys. 80, 468–477 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4709356
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PAPERS

Resource Letter ALIP–1: Active-Learning Instruction in Physics
David E. Meltzer; Ronald K. Thornton
Am. J. Phys. 80, 478–496 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3678299
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Fizeau’s “aether-drag” experiment in the undergraduate laboratory
Thierry Lahaye; Pierre Labastie; Renaud Mathevet
Am. J. Phys. 80, 497–505 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3690117
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Jacobi elliptic functions and the complete solution to the bead on the hoop problem
Thomas E. Baker; Andreas Bill
Am. J. Phys. 80, 506–514 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3682321
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Thermodynamics of combined-cycle electric power plants
Harvey S. Leff
Am. J. Phys. 80, 515–518 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3694034
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Why no shear in “Div, grad, curl, and all that”?
Joseph D. Romano; Richard H. Price
Am. J. Phys. 80, 519–524 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3688678
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Quantum phase analysis with quantum trajectories: A step towards the creation of a Bohmian thinking
A. S. Sanz; S. Miret-Artés
Am. J. Phys. 80, 525–533 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3698324
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An uninvited guest: The positron in early 1930s physics
Matteo Leone; Nadia Robotti
Am. J. Phys. 80, 534–541 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3695374
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PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH

Experiencing conceptual change about teaching: A case study from astronomy
Janelle M. Bailey; Kentaro Nagamine
Am. J. Phys. 80, 542–551 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3699064
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APPARATUS AND DEMONSTRATION NOTES

Visualizing Poynting vector energy flow in electric circuits
Noah A. Morris; Daniel F. Styer
Am. J. Phys. 80, 552–554 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3679838
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BOOK REVIEWS

The Quantum Universe (And Why Anything That Can Happen Does)
James Trefil
Am. J. Phys. 80, 555 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3690123
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BOOKS RECEIVED
Am. J. Phys. 80, 556 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4710518
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Quantum solutions for the delta ring and delta shell
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