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Volume 37, Issue 5
May 1999
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ISSN 0031-921X
EISSN 1943-4928

Letters to the Editor

Studio physics at Cal Poly
Shawn Kolitch
Phys. Teach. 37, 260 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880260
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Expression of concern
Richard N. Steinberg
Phys. Teach. 37, 260 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880261
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Mottmann replies
John Mottmann
Phys. Teach. 37, 260–261 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880262
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Errata in long-distance free fall
Joseph Gallant
Phys. Teach. 37, 261 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880263
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Comments on long-distance free fall
A. P. French
Phys. Teach. 37, 261 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880264
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Comments on long-distance free fall
A. John Mallinckrodt
Phys. Teach. 37, 261–262 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880265
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Comments on long-distance free fall
Clifford E. Swartz
Phys. Teach. 37, 262 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880266
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Correction: “The Atwood Machine: Two Special Cases”
Joseph O. West
Phys. Teach. 37, 262 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880267
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Going up and coming down
David L. Taylor
Phys. Teach. 37, 262 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880268
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AstroNotes

Including students in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence
Timothy F. Slater
Phys. Teach. 37, 264–265 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880269
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Notes

Easy projectile-motion demonstrations
Andrew DePino, Jr.
Phys. Teach. 37, 266 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880270
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Using physlets to teach electrostatics
Scott W. Bonham; John S. Risley; Wolfgang Christian
Phys. Teach. 37, 276–280 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880272
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A system to change both mass and applied force
Peter Sullivan; Becky Chaplin
Phys. Teach. 37, 309–311 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880275
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Welcome to physics
Jeffrey W. Rylander
Phys. Teach. 37, 312–313 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880276
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Fiestaware™ radiography
Douglas E. Peplow
Phys. Teach. 37, 316–318 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880278
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Trick of the Trade

Lenz’s law in the kitchen
Wojciech Dindorf
Phys. Teach. 37, 268 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880271
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Articles

The importance of graphs in undergraduate physics
Christopher Deacon
Phys. Teach. 37, 270–274 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880285
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Apparatus for Teaching Physics

Precessing computer hard drives
Judson E. Wagner
Phys. Teach. 37, 281–282 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880273
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Editorial

Book Report
Clifford E. Swartz
Phys. Teach. 37, 283 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880274
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Survey of High-School Physics Texts

Active Physics
Arthur Eisenkraft; Physics Textbook Review Committee
Phys. Teach. 37, 284–285 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880287
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Conceptual Physics
Paul Hewitt; Physics Textbook Review Committee
Phys. Teach. 37, 286–287 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880288
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Heath Physics
David G. Martindale; Robert W. Heath; William W. Konrad; Robert R. Macnaughton; Mark A. Carle; Physics Textbook Review Committee
Phys. Teach. 37, 288 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880286
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Holt Physics
Raymond A. Serway; Jerry S. Faughn; Physics Textbook Review Committee
Phys. Teach. 37, 289 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880289
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Physic-AL
Brian Martin; Cornelis Spronk; Physics Textbook Review Committee
Phys. Teach. 37, 290–291 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880290
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Physics: Principles and Problems
Paul W. Zitzewitz; Physics Textbook Review Committee
Phys. Teach. 37, 292–293 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880291
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PSSC (Physical Science Study Committee) Physics
Uri Haber-Shaim; John H. Dodge; Robert Gardner; Edward A. Shore; Physics Textbook Review Committee
Phys. Teach. 37, 294–295 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880293
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Quibbles, misunderstandings, and egregious mistakes
Physics Textbook Review Committee
Phys. Teach. 37, 297–308 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880292
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What’s the use of high-school physics texts?
Physics Textbook Review Committee
Phys. Teach. 37, 306 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1527666
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Physics Olympics

Fermi questions
Karen Bouffard
Phys. Teach. 37, 314 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880277
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Physics Trick of the Month

Reverse jack’s profile
Martin Gardner
Phys. Teach. 37, 318 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1527667
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Figuring Physics

Kinetic energy of cars
Paul Hewitt
Phys. Teach. 37, 319 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1527668
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Good Reading

Torque talk
Robert F. Neff
Phys. Teach. 37, 320 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880279
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What TIMSS did
John L. Roeder
Phys. Teach. 37, 320 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880280
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Integrating math and science
Robert Hetzel
Phys. Teach. 37, 320 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880281
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CD spectroscope
Volker Thomsen
Phys. Teach. 37, 320 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880282
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Breakthrough of the year
John L. Roeder
Phys. Teach. 37, 320 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880283
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Tabletop fusion?
Robert F. Neff
Phys. Teach. 37, 320 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880284
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A “Perpetual Motion Machine” Powered by Electromagnetism
Hollis Williams
Challenging ChatGPT with Different Types of Physics Education Questions
Víctor López-Simó, Mikael Frank Rezende, Jr.
Values Reflected in Energy-Related Physics Concepts
Kara E. Gray, Rachel E. Scherr
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