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Volume 37, Issue 3

March 1999

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ISSN 0031-921X

EISSN 1943-4928

In this Issue

Letters to the Editor
Editorial
AAPT Awards
Notes
Articles
How Things Work
Trick of the Trade
Apparatus for Teaching Physics
String and Sticky Tape Experiments
Book Reviews
Physics Trick of the Month
Figuring Physics
AstroNotes
Physics Olympics

Letters to the Editor

We needed that!

Roy W. Clark

Phys. Teach. 37, 131 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880191

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Gender indifference

Camille L. Wainwright

Phys. Teach. 37, 131–132 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880192

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An Extension

Terrence P. Toepker

Phys. Teach. 37, 132 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1541122

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Editorial

Specialists

Clifford E. Swartz

Phys. Teach. 37, 134 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880193

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AAPT Awards

1998 Robert A. Millikan Medal: Edward F. Redish

Ronald D. Edge

Phys. Teach. 37, 136 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880194

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1998 Melba Newell Phillips Award: John W. Layman

Ronald D. Edge

Phys. Teach. 37, 136 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880195

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Notes

Experiences of a web-page user

Robert W. Harris, C.F.C.

Phys. Teach. 37, 138–139 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880196

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The neon sign

Samuel M. Sampere

Phys. Teach. 37, 140–141 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880197

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Solving a problem by analogy

Don Easton

Phys. Teach. 37, 150 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880200

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Problem-solving challenges

Nicholas Schardl

Phys. Teach. 37, 161–163 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880203

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Measuring equilibrants with a bracket-mounted force sensor

Robert Kingman; David Maddox

Phys. Teach. 37, 164–165 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880204

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Long-distance free fall

Joseph Gallant; James Carlson

Phys. Teach. 37, 166–167 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880205

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Examination questions based on historical apparatus

Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr.

Phys. Teach. 37, 172–173 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880208

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Golden oldie: Black sack atoms

Kevin Pennington

Phys. Teach. 37, 176 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880211

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A visual and acoustic demonstration of beats and interference

Derrick E. Boucher

Phys. Teach. 37, 177–178 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880212

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Qualitative demonstrations of parallel/series resonance

Se-yuen Mak

Phys. Teach. 37, 179–180 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880213

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Measuring friction on falling muffin cups

Carl Angell; Trond Ekern

Phys. Teach. 37, 181–182 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880214

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Why does it work?

Wojciech Dindorf

Phys. Teach. 37, 184 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880215

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Another surprise in mechanics

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

Phys. Teach. 37, 188–191 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880218

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Articles

What can we learn from recent changes in physics bachelor degree output?

Robert Ehrlich

Phys. Teach. 37, 142–146 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880198

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An $F=ma$ analysis of the spinning skater and decaying satellite orbit

Arnold Arons

Phys. Teach. 37, 154–160 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880202

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How Things Work

A thermometer whose memory is a one-sided magnet

H. Richard Crane

Phys. Teach. 37, 148–149 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880199

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Trick of the Trade

Magnetic cards for teaching electronics

Alison Hapka

Phys. Teach. 37, 152 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880201

Abstract

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Apparatus for Teaching Physics

Demonstrating angular momentum conservation

Robert Carr; Harold Cohen; Terry Ragsdale

Phys. Teach. 37, 169–171 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880207

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String and Sticky Tape Experiments

A chaotic pendulum

Douglas Oliver

Phys. Teach. 37, 174 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880209

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Book Reviews

The Science of Radio, by Paul J. Nahin

James F. Sullivan

Phys. Teach. 37, 175 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880210

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Physics Trick of the Month

The jumping pencil

Martin Gardner

Phys. Teach. 37, 178 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1527660

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Figuring Physics

Free fall

Paul Hewitt

Phys. Teach. 37, 183 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1527661

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AstroNotes

Music to teach astronomy by

Eberhard Möbius

Phys. Teach. 37, 186–187 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880216

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Physics Olympics

MacGyver’s desert adventure

Karen Bouffard

Phys. Teach. 37, 192 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880217

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