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Another exchange on climate change

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Robert K. Adair
Journal: Physics Today
Physics Today 65, 8 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1450
Published: March 2012
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Wildfires and animal extinctions at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary

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Robert K. Adair
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 78, 567–573 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3192770
Published: June 2010
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Women in physics: Why and why not?

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Robert K. Adair
Journal: Physics Today
Physics Today 59, 12 (2006)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4797339
Published: December 2006
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Expanding the record on Einstein and peer review

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Robert K. Adair
Journal: Physics Today
Physics Today 59, 9 (2006)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4797392
Published: June 2006
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Comment on “How to hit home runs: Optimum baseball bat swing parameters for maximum range trajectories,” by Gregory S. Sawicki, Mont Hubbard, and William J. Stronge [Am. J. Phys. 71 (11), 1152–1162 (2003)]

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Robert K. Adair
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 73, 184–185 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1794754
Published: February 2005
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Back-of-the-Envelope Physics

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Robert K. Adair
Journal: Physics Today
Physics Today 57, 58 (2004)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1768677
Published: May 2004
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Vernon Willard Hughes

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Robert K. Adair, Michael E. Zeller
Journal: Physics Today
Physics Today 57, 77–78 (2004)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1688080
Published: February 2004
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Readers Respond About Arrogance, Confidence, Brilliance, Humility, and Stupidity

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Robert K. Adair
Journal: Physics Today
Physics Today 56, 14 (2003)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4797077
Published: July 2003
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Charles Kincaid Bockelman

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Robert K. Adair, D. Allan Bromley
Journal: Physics Today
Physics Today 56, 75–76 (2003)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1595064
Published: June 2003
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Electricity and Magnetism in Biological Systems

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Robert K. Adair
Journal: Physics Today
Physics Today 55, 59–60 (2002)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1485588
Published: May 2002
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Defending One’s Country Is Moral, Too

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Robert K. Adair
Journal: Physics Today
Physics Today 54, 78 (2001)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1420526
Published: September 2001
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The crack‐of‐the‐bat: The acoustics of the bat hitting the ball

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Robert K. Adair
Journal: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 109, 2497 (2001)
https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4744892
Published: May 2001
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Comment on “The sweet spot of a baseball bat,” by Rod Cross [Am. J. Phys. 66 (9), 772–779 (1998)]

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Robert K. Adair
Journal: American Journal of Physics
Am. J. Phys. 69, 229–230 (2001)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1286856
Published: February 2001
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Detection of weak electric fields by sharks, rays, and skates

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Robert K. Adair, R. Dean Astumian, James C. Weaver
Journal: Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science
Chaos 8, 576–587 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.166339
Published: September 1998
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The Physics of Baseball

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Robert K. Adair
Journal: Physics Today
Physics Today 48, 26–31 (1995)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881460
Published: May 1995
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The Physics of Golf

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Theodore P. Jorgensen, Robert K. Adair
Journal: Physics Today
Physics Today 47, 71 (1994)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808531
Published: June 1994
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Special Issue: Physical Review Centenary—From Basic Research to High Technology

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Robert K. Adair, Ernest M. Henley
Journal: Physics Today
Physics Today 46, 22–25 (1993)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881379
Published: October 1993
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The Physics of Sports

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Angelo Armenti, Jr., Robert K. Adair
Journal: Physics Today
Physics Today 45, 86–87 (1992)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2809922
Published: December 1992
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Elf‐Field Health Effects: Biological, or Illogical?

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Franklin Hutchinson, Geoffrey A. Landis, Antony C. Fraser‐Smith, Franklin F. Offner, Robert K. Adair
Journal: Physics Today
Physics Today 45, 13–100 (1992)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2809792
Published: September 1992
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Constraints on biological effects on 60 Hz fields

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Robert K. Adair
Journal: AIP Conference Proceedings
AIP Conf. Proc. 243, 237–244 (1992)
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.41491
Published: January 1992
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