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Volume 38, Issue 5
May 2000
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ISSN 0031-921X
EISSN 1943-4928

Letters to the Editor

Write on!
Chapkit Charnsamorn
Phys. Teach. 38, 259 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880522
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Previous coil springs
Robert Weinstock
Phys. Teach. 38, 259 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880523
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More information needed
Doug A. Franklin; Mark S. Boley
Phys. Teach. 38, 259–260 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880524
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More impulsive thoughts
Willy Herreman
Phys. Teach. 38, 259 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880526
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Editorial

The old order changeth, again
Clifford E. Swartz
Phys. Teach. 38, 262 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880525
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AstroNotes

Inner solar system concepts
Tim Slater
Phys. Teach. 38, 264–265 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880527
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Apparatus for Teaching Physics

An apparatus evaluation
Randolph S. Peterson; Thomas A. Walkiewicz
Phys. Teach. 38, 266–268 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880528
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Notes

Resonant wineglasses and Ping-Pong™ balls
Bill Berner
Phys. Teach. 38, 269–270 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880529
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Is Maxwell’s displacement current a current?
A. P. French
Phys. Teach. 38, 274–276 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880530
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Instantaneous impulses
Herman Erlichson
Phys. Teach. 38, 289 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880533
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The flow of sand
Metin Yersel
Phys. Teach. 38, 290–291 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880534
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A modern Kelvin balance for undergraduate experimentation
Alexandra Rockefeller; Erlend H. Graf
Phys. Teach. 38, 292–295 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880535
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Precision laboratory apparatus for the study of magnetic forces
Joseph Sinacore; Erlend H. Graf
Phys. Teach. 38, 296–298 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880536
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Demonstrating forces between parallel wires
Blane Baker
Phys. Teach. 38, 299 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880537
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A simple barometer
E. R. Reddingius
Phys. Teach. 38, 300–301 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880538
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In praise of simple physics
Tom Russell
Phys. Teach. 38, 306–307 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880544
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Aquarium, Computer, and Alaska range mirages
Carl H. Tape
Phys. Teach. 38, 308–311 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880545
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The precessing top
Oscar Bolina
Phys. Teach. 38, 312–313 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880546
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Seeing infrared
Ernie McFarland; Tom Kehn
Phys. Teach. 38, 314–315 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880547
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Relativistic metersticks
Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr.
Phys. Teach. 38, 315 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880548
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Symmetry in electromagnetism—A new magnetic needle
F. M. Gibson; Iain MacInnes
Phys. Teach. 38, 316–317 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880549
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Addressing physical intuition—A first-day event
David Keeports
Phys. Teach. 38, 318–319 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880550
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Figuring Physics

Pinhole image of the Sun
Paul Hewitt
Phys. Teach. 38, 272 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1528659
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Trick of the Trade

Magnetic deflection demonstrator
Mario Capitolo; William Lonc
Phys. Teach. 38, 277 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880531
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Articles

Posing Einstein’s question: Questioning Einstein’s pose
David Topper; Dwight E. Vincent
Phys. Teach. 38, 278–288 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880532
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Physics Trick of the Month

A watermark code
Martin Gardner
Phys. Teach. 38, 301 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1528660
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Physics Olympics

Physics Olympics celebrates silver anniversary
David M. Riban
Phys. Teach. 38, 302–303 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880539
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Book Reviews

The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory, by Brian Greene
John L. Roeder
Phys. Teach. 38, 304–305 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880540
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Inquiry and Learning: Realizing Science Standards in the Classroom, by John W. Layman with George Ochoa and Henry Heikkinen
John L. Hubisz
Phys. Teach. 38, 305 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880541
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Video: “Glowing Eyes and Personal Halos: Seeing the Light”, by Robert Greenler
John L. Hubisz
Phys. Teach. 38, 305 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880542
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Rain of Iron and Ice: The Very Real Threat of Comet and Asteroid Bombardment, by John S. Lewis
John L. Hubisz
Phys. Teach. 38, 305 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880543
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A “Perpetual Motion Machine” Powered by Electromagnetism
Hollis Williams
Sauntering Sauropods: The Preferred Walking Speeds of the Largest Land Animals That Ever Lived
Scott A. Lee, Justyna Slowiak
Jack Reacher and the Deployment of an Airbag
Gregory A. DiLisi, Richard A. Rarick
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