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Volume 87, Issue 9
September 2019
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ISSN 0002-9505
EISSN 1943-2909

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Ocean wave energy, solar radiation, and characteristic times on the back of a Purcell envelope
Yoav Green; Emil J. Millet; James P. Butler
Am. J. Phys. 87, 693 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5119684
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GUEST EDITORIAL

Calling all physicists
Am. J. Phys. 87, 694–695 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5117828
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AWARDS

2019 AAPT Award Citations at the Summer Meeting, Provo, Utah
Gordon P. Ramsey
Am. J. Phys. 87, 696–698 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5123356
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PAPERS

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Rattlebacks for the rest of us Featured
Simon Jones; Hugh E. M. Hunt
Am. J. Phys. 87, 699–713 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5115498
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Determination of aerodynamic drag coefficients using a drop test with a wireless accelerometer and its application to model rockets Editor’s Pick
Simon Pettersson Fors; Carl Nord
Am. J. Phys. 87, 714–719 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5121281
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A computer model of classical rolling friction Featured
Robert Knop
Am. J. Phys. 87, 720–728 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5111940
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Supplementary Material
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Illustrations of Maxwell's term and the four conservation laws of electromagnetism
Timothy H. Boyer
Am. J. Phys. 87, 729–738 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5115339
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Calculating fissility without Legendre polynomials: A walk in the woods
J. M. Pearson
Am. J. Phys. 87, 739–744 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5124693
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Magnetic Aharonov-Bohm effects and the quantum phase shift: A heuristic interpretation
Keith J. Kasunic
Am. J. Phys. 87, 745–751 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5115499
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Analysis of thermodynamic problems with the Lambert W function
J. Wang; N. J. Moniz
Am. J. Phys. 87, 752–757 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5115334
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Reciprocity principle and relative accelerations in the theory of relativity
Reza Rashidi; Fatemeh Ahmadi
Am. J. Phys. 87, 758–762 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5115338
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NOTES AND DISCUSSIONS

Erratum: “Free falling inside flattened spheroids: Gravity tunnels with no exit” [Am. J. Phys. 86, 924–933 (2018)]
Richard Taillet
Am. J. Phys. 87, 763–764 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5119508
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BOOK REVIEWS

Anxiety and the Equation: Understanding Boltzmann's Entropy
Kannan Jagannathan
Am. J. Phys. 87, 765 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5116583
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Student's Guide to Analytical Mechanics
Craig F. Bohren
Am. J. Phys. 87, 766–767 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5119509
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BOOKS RECEIVED
Am. J. Phys. 87, 768 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5120016
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