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Volume 36, Issue 6
September 1998
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ISSN 0031-921X
EISSN 1943-4928

Letters to the Editor

Faster electrostatics plots
Christopher Bracikowski; Richard Schneider; Joseph Singley; Russell Madara
Phys. Teach. 36, 323 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880088
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Floating in real rivers
David L. Cone
Phys. Teach. 36, 323–324 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880089
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Min-Max thermometers
Dennis McKinney
Phys. Teach. 36, 324 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880090
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Applied physics instruction
Glen W. Spielbauer
Phys. Teach. 36, 324 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880091
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Falling into the sun
A. John Mallinckrodt
Phys. Teach. 36, 324 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880092
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Weighty planets
Jay M. Pasachoff
Phys. Teach. 36, 324 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880093
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More light on fluorescent tubes
J. David Gavenda
Phys. Teach. 36, 325 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880094
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Safe following distances
Jim Schreve
Phys. Teach. 36, 325 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880095
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Pleasant music from wind chimes
Garry Kvistad
Phys. Teach. 36, 325 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880096
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Useful comments on the May issue
Se-yuen Mak
Phys. Teach. 36, 325 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880097
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Editorial

Happy New Year
Clifford E. Swartz
Phys. Teach. 36, 326 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880098
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Articles

Historical trends in physics bachelor degree output
Robert Ehrlich
Phys. Teach. 36, 328–333 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880099
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Physics teaching and time management
Rosanne Di Stefano
Phys. Teach. 36, 350–354 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880107
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Notes

A problem of relative, constrained motion
Oscar Bollina; J. Rodrigo Parreira
Phys. Teach. 36, 334–335 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880100
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Hey you! Shut the refrigerator door!
Sarah Fay; Angela Portenga
Phys. Teach. 36, 336–338 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880101
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TI-TIMER: A solution to Stopwatch frustration
Eric J. Koser
Phys. Teach. 36, 340 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880102
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Brownian motion using a laser pointer
Se-yuen Mak
Phys. Teach. 36, 342–343 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880103
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An intuitive approach to collisions
C. T. Tindle
Phys. Teach. 36, 344–346 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880104
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Two-minute impromptu demos
Ed van den Berg; Rosea van den Berg
Phys. Teach. 36, 356–358 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880108
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The Maxwell wheel investigated with MBL
Barbara Pecori; Giacomo Torzo
Phys. Teach. 36, 362–366 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880109
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Rotating wheels as seen on television
Anthony M.-H. Ho; LeeAnne H. Contardi; Peter W. Dion; Erik Griffioen
Phys. Teach. 36, 367–369 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880110
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Improved flashbulb demonstration of Faraday’s law
Charles A. Sawicki
Phys. Teach. 36, 370–371 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880111
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A new twist for the conical pendulum
Thomas Moses; Natalie L. Adolphi
Phys. Teach. 36, 372–373 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880112
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Vector toy
Heidi Strahm Black
Phys. Teach. 36, 375 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880113
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Energy conversion by an electric “space heater”
Willem H. van den Berg
Phys. Teach. 36, 376–377 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880114
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Egg drop solution
Danong Li
Phys. Teach. 36, 377 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880115
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The hydrostatic paradox: Simple geometries, explicit calculations
James S. Walker
Phys. Teach. 36, 378–379 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880116
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Physics appreciation versus physics knowledge
John L. Roeder
Phys. Teach. 36, 379 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1527615
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A simple question with an interesting answer
David P. Jackson
Phys. Teach. 36, 380–381 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880117
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Physics Trick of the Month

Three tennis balls
Martin Gardner
Phys. Teach. 36, 343 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1527613
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Apparatus for Teaching Physics

As easy as R, G, B
Leonard Parsons
Phys. Teach. 36, 347–348 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880105
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Phase-change demonstration—Instant gratification
Mario Capitolo
Phys. Teach. 36, 349 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880106
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Figuring Physics

Applied force on a spool
Paul Hewitt
Phys. Teach. 36, 374 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1527614
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Book Reviews

Personalizing the physicists, by Richard P. Brenna
Tom Hudson
Phys. Teach. 36, 382 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880118
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Understanding the everday world, by Louis A. Bloomfield
Albert A. Bartlett
Phys. Teach. 36, 382–383 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880119
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Physicist’s tales, by Robert D. Purrington
James O’Connell
Phys. Teach. 36, 383 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880120
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