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Volume 36, Issue 1

January 1998

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ISSN 0031-921X

EISSN 1943-4928

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Letters to the Editor
CORRECTIONS
Editorial
Articles
Notes
Trick of the Trade
AstroNotes
Good Reading
Apparatus for Teaching Physics
Figuring Physics

Letters to the Editor

A polyhedral pastime

Ronald D. Wong

Phys. Teach. 36, 3 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879957

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Help needed

Rick Briggle

Phys. Teach. 36, 3 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879958

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Influencing the high-school physics student

Frank Spaeth

Phys. Teach. 36, 3 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879972

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CORRECTIONS

Correction: “Using 35-mm slides for measuring variable stars” [Phys. Teach. 35, 349–351 (1997)]

John R. Percy; Laura Syczak; Janet A. Mattei

Phys. Teach. 36, 3 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879970

View articletitled, Correction: “Using 35-mm slides for measuring variable stars” [Phys. Teach. <strong>35</strong>, 349–351 (1997)]

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Editorial

Reprise (critical thinking and similar nostrums)

Clifford E. Swartz

Phys. Teach. 36, 4 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879968

Abstract

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Articles

Dielectric breakdown of air as order-of-magnitude physics

Steven D. Doty; Sandra L. Doty

Phys. Teach. 36, 6–9 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879973

Abstract

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Concave liquid-mirror experiments

Hugo Graumann; Hans Laue

Phys. Teach. 36, 28–31 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879953

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Notes

Specific gravity with electronic balances

Paul L. Willems

Phys. Teach. 36, 10 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879946

Abstract

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Thermal contraction and stretching

Carl H. Hayn

Phys. Teach. 36, 14 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879947

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Feeling forces that produce torques

Christopher Bracikowski

Phys. Teach. 36, 15 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879948

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Central collisions—The general case

Irina E. Lyublinskaya

Phys. Teach. 36, 18–19 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879949

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Space race: A game of physics adventure

Michael Vinson

Phys. Teach. 36, 20–21 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879950

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Filters for color mixing

Robert M. Williamson

Phys. Teach. 36, 22 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879951

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A thought-provoking demonstration

E. Roger Cowley; Brian Holton; George K. Horton

Phys. Teach. 36, 24–26 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879974

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Comparison of the four fundamental interactions of physics

James O’Connell

Phys. Teach. 36, 27 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879952

Abstract

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Physics on rollerblades

Eugenia Etkina

Phys. Teach. 36, 32–35 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879954

Abstract

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How long can we breathe?

David A. Larrabee

Phys. Teach. 36, 36 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879955

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Roget’s spiral. Nineteenth Century textbook illustrations—LVIII

Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr.

Phys. Teach. 36, 38 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879956

Abstract

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Force exerted by a falling chain

Willem H. van den Berg

Phys. Teach. 36, 44–45 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879960

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Refractive index of a liquid as a function of temperature

Christopher J. Olney

Phys. Teach. 36, 46–47 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879961

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Temperature distribution in a microwave oven

Jouni Viiri

Phys. Teach. 36, 48 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879962

Abstract

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Optical properties of double-glazed windows

Paul B. Robinson

Phys. Teach. 36, 53–55 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879965

Abstract

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Demonstration of the parallel-axis theorem

Bruce Denardo

Phys. Teach. 36, 56–57 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879966

Abstract

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Estimating the size of blood cells by staring into space

David Keeports

Phys. Teach. 36, 58 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879967

Abstract

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Trick of the Trade

Simple sound demonstrations

Jay S. Huebner; N. Sundaralingam

Phys. Teach. 36, 16 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879969

Abstract

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Finding needles in haystacks

James D. Livingston

Phys. Teach. 36, 52 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879964

Abstract

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AstroNotes

Testing Kepler’s laws of planetary motion

Harold Cohen

Phys. Teach. 36, 40–41 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879959

Abstract

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Using Interactive Physics in planetary motion

Xiong-Skiba Pei

Phys. Teach. 36, 42–43 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879975

Abstract

View articletitled, Using <em>Interactive Physics</em> in planetary motion

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Good Reading

The final word on EMFS?

John L. Roeder

Phys. Teach. 36, 49 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1523853

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Early arguments for and against the use of metric system

Robert Hetzel

Phys. Teach. 36, 49 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1539791

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Science teaching tips

Volker Thomsen

Phys. Teach. 36, 49 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1539792

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Discrepant cosmic ages converge

John L. Roeder

Phys. Teach. 36, 49 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1539793

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The moon base in science courses

Volker Thomsen

Phys. Teach. 36, 49 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1539794

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The neutrino has mass, but what is it?

John L. Roeder

Phys. Teach. 36, 49 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1539795

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Apparatus for Teaching Physics

Quantitative demonstration of Lenz’s law

O. Romulo Ochoa; Frank Kolp; Joel T. Handler

Phys. Teach. 36, 50–51 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879971

Abstract

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The variable gravity pendulum

José Feliciano

Phys. Teach. 36, 51–52 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879963

Abstract

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Figuring Physics

Newton's Third Law

Paul Hewitt

Phys. Teach. 36, 59 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1523856

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