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Volume 84, Issue 1
January 2016
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

EDITORIAL

Appropriate journal use in the modern age
David P. Jackson
Am. J. Phys. 84, 5–6 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4937116
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AWARDS

Oersted Medal Lecture, January 6, 2015: AAPT, TPT, and Me
Karl C. Mamola
Am. J. Phys. 84, 7–13 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4936459
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PAPERS

An undergraduate experiment demonstrating the physics of metamaterials with acoustic waves and soda cans
James T. Wilkinson; Christopher B. Whitehouse; Rupert F. Oulton; Sylvain D. Gennaro
Am. J. Phys. 84, 14–20 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4934596
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World's simplest electric train
C. Criado; N. Alamo
Am. J. Phys. 84, 21–25 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4933295
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Rotating saddle trap as Foucault's pendulum
Oleg N. Kirillov; Mark Levi
Am. J. Phys. 84, 26–31 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4933206
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Forced oscillations with linear and nonlinear damping
Aijun Li; Li Ma; David Keene; Joshua Klingel; Marvin Payne; Xiao-jun Wang
Am. J. Phys. 84, 32–37 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4935358
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The physics of guitar string vibrations
Polievkt Perov; Walter Johnson; Nataliia Perova-Mello
Am. J. Phys. 84, 38–43 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4935088
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A frequency-domain derivation of shot-noise
Frank Rice
Am. J. Phys. 84, 44–51 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4934706
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Improving student understanding of lock-in amplifiers
Seth DeVore; Alexandre Gauthier; Jeremy Levy; Chandralekha Singh
Am. J. Phys. 84, 52–56 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4934957
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An elementary derivation of first and last return times of 1D random walks
Sarah Kostinski; Ariel Amir
Am. J. Phys. 84, 57–60 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4930092
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Archimedes' floating bodies on a spherical Earth
Chris Rorres
Am. J. Phys. 84, 61–70 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4934660
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APPARATUS AND DEMONSTRATION NOTES

An acoustic resonator with a closed geometry
Hui Yu; Giuseppe D. A. Giuliani; G. A. Csáthy
Am. J. Phys. 84, 71–75 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4932401
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BOOK REVIEWS

To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science
Am. J. Phys. 84, 76–77 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4930898
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Energy Revolution: The Physics and the Promise of Efficient Technology
Am. J. Phys. 84, 77–78 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4930901
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BOOKS RECEIVED
Am. J. Phys. 84, 78–79 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4936641
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ANNOUNCEMENT

Editor of the American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 84, 80 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4939038
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