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Volume 36, Issue 5
May 1998
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ISSN 0031-921X
EISSN 1943-4928

Letters to the Editor

Braking in time
Robert W. Lawrence
Phys. Teach. 36, 260 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880057
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Authors’ response
Jim Malone; Dave Holzwarth
Phys. Teach. 36, 260 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880058
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Huygens et al.
Sean P. Lally
Phys. Teach. 36, 260 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880087
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Half the wire, same results
Ricardo Trumper
Phys. Teach. 36, 261 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880059
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Biking in the round
Clifford E. Swartz
Phys. Teach. 36, 261 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880060
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Why don’t textbooks do it?
David Wheeler
Phys. Teach. 36, 261 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880061
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Corrections

Correction: “Musical mastery of a Coke™ bottle” [Phys. Teach. 36(2) 70 (1998)]
Mark P. Silverman; Elizabeth R. Worthy
Phys. Teach. 36, 261 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1539799
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Correction: “A student project on wind chimes: Tuning in to standing waves” [Phys. Teach. 36(4) 204 (1998)]
G. William Baxter; Keith M. Hagenbuch
Phys. Teach. 36, 261 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1539800
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Editorial

First, the question
Clifford E. Swartz
Phys. Teach. 36, 262 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880062
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AAPT Awards

Raymond C. Turner receives 1997 Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Physics Teaching
Robert C. Hilborn
Phys. Teach. 36, 264 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1527610
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Christopher J. Chiaverina receives 1997 Award for Excellence in Pre-College Physics Teaching
Robert C. Hilborn
Phys. Teach. 36, 264 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1539801
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Articles

Truth in advertising?—An automobile kinematics problem
John G. King; A. P. French
Phys. Teach. 36, 266–269 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880063
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Using digital video analysis in introductory mechanics projects
Priscilla Laws; Hans Pfister
Phys. Teach. 36, 282–287 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880068
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Flying high, thinking low? What every aeronaut needs to know
Mark P. Silverman
Phys. Teach. 36, 288–293 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880069
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Notes

Star Wars and gravitational constants
Ryan Doherty; James “Alex” Rembert; Nathan Boice; Priscilla Laws
Phys. Teach. 36, 270–273 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880064
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Whole vectors
David Wheeler; Niran Charoenkul
Phys. Teach. 36, 274 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880065
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Physics of volleyball: Spiking with a purpose
F. Behroozi
Phys. Teach. 36, 280–281 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880067
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Reform in science education: Then and now
Uri Haber-Schaim
Phys. Teach. 36, 294–296 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880070
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Steady-state forced-flow equations
James O’Connell
Phys. Teach. 36, 300 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880072
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Recollections of a first-year physics teacher
Christopher Stevenson
Phys. Teach. 36, 311–313 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880081
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Covering lenses and covering images
A. M. Kwan; D. A. Wardle
Phys. Teach. 36, 314–315 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880085
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My cup runneth over
Thomas K. McCarthy
Phys. Teach. 36, 316 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1539811
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Constant acceleration and kinetic friction
Slawomir Piatek; Ronald Gautreau
Phys. Teach. 36, 316 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880082
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Magic nails
James K. Huhn
Phys. Teach. 36, 317 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880083
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Apparatus for Teaching Physics

Melde’s experiment with an aquarium aerator. Rich dynamics with inexpensive apparatus
Mark Graham
Phys. Teach. 36, 276–279 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880066
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Trick of the Trade

In a dark room, let there be light!
Michael H. Brown
Phys. Teach. 36, 296 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880071
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Vector treasure hunt
Stephen Widmark
Phys. Teach. 36, 319 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880084
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How Things Work

Popping bimetal can keep you warm or cool
H. Richard Crane
Phys. Teach. 36, 302–303 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880073
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AstroNotes

Using telescopic observations in undergraduate astronomy courses
Greg Townsend
Phys. Teach. 36, 304–305 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880074
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Figuring Physics

Lift on an airplane
Paul Hewitt
Phys. Teach. 36, 306 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1527612
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Would You Believe?

Select your standards carefully
Mario Iona
Phys. Teach. 36, 307–308 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880075
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Good Reading

Beyond the theory of everything
James Stankevitz
Phys. Teach. 36, 310 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880076
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National science standards
Robert Hetzel
Phys. Teach. 36, 310 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880077
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Composite pathfinder photons
John L. Roeder
Phys. Teach. 36, 310 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880078
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The universe may expand forever, after all (I)
John L. Roeder
Phys. Teach. 36, 310 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880079
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5th, 7th, and 10th graders’ attitudes towards science
Robert Hetzel
Phys. Teach. 36, 310 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880080
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Physics Trick of the Month

An apparition
Martin Gardner
Phys. Teach. 36, 317 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1527625
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Book Reviews

Blind Watchers of the Sky, by Rocky Kolb
Albert C. Claus
Phys. Teach. 36, 318–319 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880055
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Bluebells and Nuclear Energy, by Albert C. Reynolds
Peter K. Glanz
Phys. Teach. 36, 318 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880086
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