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Volume 42, Issue 2

February 2004

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ISSN 0031-921X

EISSN 1943-4928

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
MEET YOUR NEW PRESIDENT
GUEST EDITORIAL
FIGURING PHYSICS
PAPERS
APPARATUS FOR TEACHING PHYSICS
TRICK OF THE TRADE
FROM OUR FILES
PHYSICS CHALLENGES FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
FOR THE NEW TEACHER
WEBSIGHTS
BOOK REVIEWS

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Behind the Line of Scrimmage?

Bernard J. Feldman

Phys. Teach. 42, 68 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1646472

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Authors' Response

Gregory A. DiLisi; Richard Rarick

Phys. Teach. 42, 68 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1646473

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Questioning Assumptions

David J. Groh

Phys. Teach. 42, 68–69 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1646474

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More Belt Hook Mechanics

Terrence P. Toepker

Phys. Teach. 42, 70 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1646476

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Authors' Response

Saalih Allie; Andy Buffler; Bob Campbell; Fred Lubben; Dimitris Evangelinos; Dimitris Psillos; Odysseas Valassiades

Phys. Teach. 42, 70 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1651371

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MEET YOUR NEW PRESIDENT

Jim Nelson: A Man for All Seasons

Robert Beck Clark

Phys. Teach. 42, 72 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1646477

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GUEST EDITORIAL

A Is for Association

Jim Nelson

Phys. Teach. 42, 73–74 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1646478

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FIGURING PHYSICS

Black-Shiny Space Packaging

Paul Hewitt

Phys. Teach. 42, 75 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1646479

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PAPERS

Wire Diffraction Gratings

Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr.

Phys. Teach. 42, 76–77 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1646480

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Centrifugal Icicles and an Inertial Paradox

Donald F. Collins

Phys. Teach. 42, 79–81 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1646481

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Detecting Infrared Radiation with a Phototransistor and an IR Filter

Edward V. Lee

Phys. Teach. 42, 83–85 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1646482

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Rollover of Sport Utility Vehicles

Desmond N. Penny

Phys. Teach. 42, 86–91 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1646483

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Interactive Instruction on Ideal and “Real” Gases

James Ringlein

Phys. Teach. 42, 92–97 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1646484

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Physics in East Timor

Curt Gabrielson

Phys. Teach. 42, 98–101 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1646485

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Current Concepts Consolidated

Donald E. Rehfuss

Phys. Teach. 42, 103–107 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1646486

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Johannes Kepler and Extra Dimensions

Archibald W. Hendry

Phys. Teach. 42, 108–112 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1646487

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Energy Flow Diagrams for Teaching Physics Concepts

Art Hobson

Phys. Teach. 42, 113–117 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1646488

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APPARATUS FOR TEACHING PHYSICS

The Poynting-Robertson Effect

P.-M. Binder; Miki Iaukea-Lum; Norman G. Purves

Phys. Teach. 42, 119–121 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1646489

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TRICK OF THE TRADE

Conservation of Angular Momentum with a Plastic Dish

Adolf Cortel

Phys. Teach. 42, 122 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1646490

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FROM OUR FILES

Error in determining local length [Phys. Teach. 15, 112 (Feb. 1977)]

Donald Russell Trummel

Phys. Teach. 42, 123 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1646491

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PHYSICS CHALLENGES FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS

A Slow Approach

Boris Korsunsky

Phys. Teach. 42, 124 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1646492

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Fire and Ice

Boris Korsunsky

Phys. Teach. 42, 124 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1646493

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Giving in to Pressure

Boris Korsunsky

Phys. Teach. 42, 124 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1646494

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FOR THE NEW TEACHER

Hooray for Wrong Answers!

Mark M. Payne

Phys. Teach. 42, 125–126 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1646495

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WEBSIGHTS

Exploring “Physics First” Conference, http://www.lns.cornell.edu/public/outreach/WT/ index.html “

John L. Roeder

Phys. Teach. 42, 127 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1646496

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Astronomy Education Review, http://aer.noao.edu

Sidney Wolff; Andrew Fraknoi

Phys. Teach. 42, 127 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1646497

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Physics Education Research Web Sites, http://www.physics.iastate.edu/per/links/index.html

Andrew Graham

Phys. Teach. 42, 127 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1646498

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Constants and Equations Pages, http://www.tcaep.co.uk/science/index.htm

Patricia T. Viele

Phys. Teach. 42, 127 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1646499

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BOOK REVIEWS

Concepts Before Equations — Electricity, Magnetism, and Light by Wayne M. Saslow

John L. Hubisz

Phys. Teach. 42, 128 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1646500

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