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Volume 81, Issue 8
August 2013
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

PAPERS

Landing spacecraft on Mars and other planets: An opportunity to apply introductory physics
Paul Withers
Am. J. Phys. 81, 565–569 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4811215
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Mansuripur's paradox
David J. Griffiths; V. Hnizdo
Am. J. Phys. 81, 570–574 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4812445
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Comparison of electromagnetic and gravitational radiation: What we can learn about each from the other
Richard H. Price; John W. Belcher; David A. Nichols
Am. J. Phys. 81, 575–584 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4807853
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Time-reversal invariance and time asymmetry in classical electrodynamics
A. D. Boozer
Am. J. Phys. 81, 585–592 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4807756
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Using three-dimensional spacetime diagrams in special relativity
Tevian Dray
Am. J. Phys. 81, 593–596 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4812591
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Work and energy in rotating systems
Diego A. Manjarres; William J. Herrera; Rodolfo A. Diaz
Am. J. Phys. 81, 597–602 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4807897
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Feshbach resonance: A one dimensional example
Josep Taron
Am. J. Phys. 81, 603–609 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4804193
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Does transmission of a weak optical pulse in a dense absorption medium require quantization of the optical field?
J. Reintjes; Mark Bashkansky
Am. J. Phys. 81, 610–617 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4807656
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COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS

Kinetic exchange models: From molecular physics to social science
Marco Patriarca; Anirban Chakraborti
Am. J. Phys. 81, 618–623 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4807852
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PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH

Can free-response questions be approximated by multiple-choice equivalents?
Shih-Yin Lin; Chandralekha Singh
Am. J. Phys. 81, 624–629 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4804194
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NOTES AND DISCUSSIONS

Comment on “Why is Ampère's law so hard? A look at middle-division physics,” Am. J. Phys. 74, 344–350 (2006)
Robin E. Kroon
Am. J. Phys. 81, 630–631 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4804998
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A half-page derivation of the Thomas precession
Andrzej Dragan; Tomasz Odrzygóźdź
Am. J. Phys. 81, 631–632 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4807564
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Thermodynamic model for bouncing charged particles inside a capacitor
Amin Rezaeizadeh; Pooya Mameghani
Am. J. Phys. 81, 632–635 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4812322
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BOOK REVIEWS

Newton and the Origin of Civilization.
Michael Nauenberg
Am. J. Phys. 81, 636–637 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4802911
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Henri Poincaré: A Scientific Biography.
Olivier Darrigol
Am. J. Phys. 81, 637–638 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4809663
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BOOKS RECEIVED
Am. J. Phys. 81, 638–639 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4812795
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Ergodic Lagrangian dynamics in a superhero universe
I. L. Tregillis, George R. R. Martin
A simple Minkowskian time-travel spacetime
John D. Norton
All objects and some questions
Charles H. Lineweaver, Vihan M. Patel
Kepler's Moon puzzle—A historical context for pinhole imaging
Thomas Quick, Johannes Grebe-Ellis
The surprising subtlety of electrostatic field lines
Kevin Zhou, Tomáš Brauner
An undergraduate lab experiment on matched filtering as used in gravitational wave detection
Michael Daam, Antje Bergmann, et al.
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