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Volume 40, Issue 1

January 2002

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ISSN 0031-921X

EISSN 1943-4928

In this Issue

Letters to the Editor
Editorial
Notes
Figuring Physics
Articles
From Our Files
Physics Challenges for Teachers and Students
For the New Teacher
Physics Trick of the Month
Trick of the Trade
WebSights
String and Sticky Tape Experiments
Apparatus for Teaching Physics
Book Reviews

Letters to the Editor

Food for thought

James O’Connell

Phys. Teach. 40, 4 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1457816

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Misattribution corrected

Robert Weinstock

Phys. Teach. 40, 4 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1457817

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On SETI in the classroom

Donald Goldsmith; Tobias Owen

Phys. Teach. 40, 4 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1457818

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Editorial

Editorial Procedures

Karl Mamola

Phys. Teach. 40, 6–7 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1457819

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Notes

Confronting the buoyant force

Ellis D. Noll

Phys. Teach. 40, 8–10 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1457820

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A different viewpoint on Doppler-effect calculations

Daniel Hoyt

Phys. Teach. 40, 14–16 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1457821

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Measurement of the fractal dimension of a cauliflower

Michele Zanoni

Phys. Teach. 40, 18–20 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1457822

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Simulated secular equilibrium

Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr.

Phys. Teach. 40, 21–23 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1457823

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Tension in a pendulum string

James O’Connell

Phys. Teach. 40, 24–25 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1457824

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Revisiting Black’s experiments on the latent heats of water

J. Güémez; C. Fiolhais; M. Fiolhais

Phys. Teach. 40, 26–31 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1457825

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Some examples of centripetal acceleration

Ronald Bryan

Phys. Teach. 40, 32–34 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1457826

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A new Hooke’s law experiment

Fabio Menezes de Souza Lima; Gustavo Mulim Venceslau; Eliano dos Reis Nunes

Phys. Teach. 40, 35–36 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1457827

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Figuring Physics

Convertible Car

Paul Hewitt

Phys. Teach. 40, 12 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1531960

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Articles

Physics and technical characteristics of ultrasonic sonar systems

Dan Maclsaac; Ari Hämäläinen

Phys. Teach. 40, 39–46 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1457828

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From Our Files

From our files

Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr.

Phys. Teach. 40, 47 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1457829

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Physics Challenges for Teachers and Students

Physics challenges for teachers and students

Boris Korsunsky

Phys. Teach. 40, 48–49 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1457830

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For the New Teacher

Classroom climate

Patricia Blanton

Phys. Teach. 40, 50–51 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1457831

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Physics Trick of the Month

The twirled ring

Martin Gardner

Phys. Teach. 40, 51 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1457832

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Trick of the Trade

The broken-protractor prediction trick

Marshall Ellenstein

Phys. Teach. 40, 52 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1457833

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WebSights

Nobel e-Museum

Andrew Graham

Phys. Teach. 40, 53 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1531961

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Survival Guide for New Teachers

Andrew Graham

Phys. Teach. 40, 53 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1543791

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Bad Physics in Newspapers, Magazines and Literature

Mikolaj Sawicki

Phys. Teach. 40, 53 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1543792

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String and Sticky Tape Experiments

Visualizing tension and compression

Joseph A. Taylor

Phys. Teach. 40, 54–55 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1457834

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Apparatus for Teaching Physics

The speed of sound in an iron rod

David Potter

Phys. Teach. 40, 56–57 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1457835

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Book Reviews

Times One: SI Units, Conversion and Measurement Skills, by Wacek Kijewski

John L. Hubisz

Phys. Teach. 40, 59 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1457836

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Information Physics: The Bit and the Pendulum: From Quantum Computing to M Theory? The New Physics of Information, by Tom Siegfried

Philippe M. Binder

Phys. Teach. 40, 59 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1457837

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