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Volume 36, Issue 7

October 1998

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ISSN 0031-921X

EISSN 1943-4928

In this Issue

Letters to the Editor
Editorial
Articles
Notes
Trick of the Trade
Physics Olympics
Apparatus for Teaching Physics
Figuring Physics
Physics Trick of the Month

Letters to the Editor

Response to Herreman

Robert E. Gibbs

Phys. Teach. 36, 388–389 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879895

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Comments on “Standing Waves on a Hanging Rope”

W. Herreman

Phys. Teach. 36, 388 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879896

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Going Around Again

John McCullen; Laurence McIntyre

Phys. Teach. 36, 389–390 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879901

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More physics on the Wall of Death

Klaus Fritsch

Phys. Teach. 36, 390 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879902

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Editorial

Trinity sure—I

Cliff Swartz

Phys. Teach. 36, 391 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879903

Abstract

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Articles

Making waves: A classroom torsional wave machine (Part I)

Kenneth D. Skeldon; Janet E. Milne; Alastair I. Grant; David A. Palmer

Phys. Teach. 36, 392–398 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879894

Abstract

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A space-age portrait of the active sun

David E. McKenzie; Timothy F. Slater

Phys. Teach. 36, 403–407 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879905

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Notes

Action@Distance: Using web and take-home labs

Hilton Abbott

Phys. Teach. 36, 399–402 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879904

Abstract

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Physics and pharmacy: More than “Ph”

Richard P. McCall

Phys. Teach. 36, 408–409 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879906

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Position of objects floating in a glass

Harold J. Teague

Phys. Teach. 36, 410 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879907

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Teaching physics with the Peace Corps in Fiji

Raleigh Ellisen

Phys. Teach. 36, 411–414 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879908

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Cheap and easy coupled-oscillations demonstration

Charles A. Sawicki

Phys. Teach. 36, 417–419 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879910

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Refraction of diffracted light

P. J. Ouseph

Phys. Teach. 36, 420–421 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879911

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Faster than exponential

Albert A. Bartlett; Haym Kruglak

Phys. Teach. 36, 422–423 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879897

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Is a density gradient necessary for a rotating flame to bend?

Camille Wainwright; Richard Wiener

Phys. Teach. 36, 426–427 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879899

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A response

Qishan Mou

Phys. Teach. 36, 427 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879913

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Referee’s critique

Paul Chagnon

Phys. Teach. 36, 428 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879914

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The weight of time

Ian H. Redmount; Richard H. Price

Phys. Teach. 36, 432–434 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879900

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A proposal for experimental homework

Eduardo E. Rodrı́guez

Phys. Teach. 36, 435–437 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879915

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Torque rack demonstrator

Mike Tomac

Phys. Teach. 36, 438 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879916

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Using counterintuitive problems in teaching physics

Juan Miguel Campanario

Phys. Teach. 36, 439–441 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879917

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The time delay in human vision

D. A. Wardle

Phys. Teach. 36, 442–444 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879918

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Golf is a mysterious sport

Ron Edge

Phys. Teach. 36, 444 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879919

Abstract

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Trick of the Trade

Modulated coil

Don Rathjen

Phys. Teach. 36, 416 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879909

Abstract

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Physics Olympics

Karen Bouffard

Phys. Teach. 36, 423 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879912

Abstract

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Apparatus for Teaching Physics

Inexpensive rotating-arm device for angular-motion labs

Ken Altshuler; Peter Pollock

Phys. Teach. 36, 424–425 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.879898

Abstract

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Figuring Physics

Acceleration of a Ping pong ball

Paul Hewitt

Phys. Teach. 36, 430 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1527618

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Physics Trick of the Month

Catch the dice

Martin Gardner

Phys. Teach. 36, 437 (1998) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1527619

Abstract

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