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Volume 15, Issue 9, pp. 518-565

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Physics without units

Alfred M. Eich

The Physics Teacher -- December 1977 -- Volume 15, Issue 9, pp. 518

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01.40.G-	Curricula and evaluation
06.20.F-	Units and standards

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The author replies

William Dillion Walsh

The Physics Teacher -- December 1977 -- Volume 15, Issue 9, pp. 518

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01.40.G-	Curricula and evaluation
06.20.F-	Units and standards

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Measuring g by using your head

Everett Hafner

The Physics Teacher -- December 1977 -- Volume 15, Issue 9, pp. 520

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01.50.My	Demonstration experiments and apparatus
06.30.Gv	Velocity, acceleration, and rotation

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The New York regents examination

Edward T. Lalor

The Physics Teacher -- December 1977 -- Volume 15, Issue 9, pp. 524

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01.50.Kw	Techniques of testing
01.40.G-	Curricula and evaluation

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Sloppy thinking in the physics regents

Robert Lehrman

The Physics Teacher -- December 1977 -- Volume 15, Issue 9, pp. 526

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01.50.Kw	Techniques of testing
01.40.G-	Curricula and evaluation

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The Christmas star

Earl R. Meyer

The Physics Teacher -- December 1977 -- Volume 15, Issue 9, pp. 533

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96.30.-t	Solar system objects
97.30.-b	Variable and peculiar stars (including novae)
96.50.-e	Interplanetary physics

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Teaching physics: A human endeavor Interview IV

Douglas Huegel

The Physics Teacher -- December 1977 -- Volume 15, Issue 9, pp. 538

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01.40.G-	Curricula and evaluation
01.40.Di	Course design and evaluation
01.40.E-	Science in school

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The origin of the extra energy in Doppler‐shifted photons

M. N. McMorris

The Physics Teacher -- December 1977 -- Volume 15, Issue 9, pp. 542

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03.65.-w

Quantum mechanics

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Teachers’ pets: Lenz’s law

Harry H. Kemp

The Physics Teacher -- December 1977 -- Volume 15, Issue 9, pp. 543

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03.50.De

Classical electromagnetism, Maxwell equations

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Electrostatic charges and copying machines

Robert P. Bauman

The Physics Teacher -- December 1977 -- Volume 15, Issue 9, pp. 543

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41.20.Cv	Electrostatics; Poisson and Laplace equations, boundary-value problems
41.20.Gz	Magnetostatics; magnetic shielding, magnetic induction, boundary-value problems

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Propagation of a transverse pulse along a hanging chain

Ira M. Freeman

The Physics Teacher -- December 1977 -- Volume 15, Issue 9, pp. 545 | Cited 2 times

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41.20.Jb	Electromagnetic wave propagation; radiowave propagation
01.50.My	Demonstration experiments and apparatus

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A demonstration of moment of inertia

Walter Q. Quint

The Physics Teacher -- December 1977 -- Volume 15, Issue 9, pp. 546

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01.50.My	Demonstration experiments and apparatus
45.05.+x	General theory of classical mechanics of discrete systems

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19th century textbook illustrations−XLX

Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr.

The Physics Teacher -- December 1977 -- Volume 15, Issue 9, pp. 546

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01.65.+g	History of science
06.30.Ft	Time and frequency

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Kelvin water dropper revisited

Lester Evans and J. Truman Stevens

The Physics Teacher -- December 1977 -- Volume 15, Issue 9, pp. 548

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01.50.My	Demonstration experiments and apparatus
03.50.De	Classical electromagnetism, Maxwell equations

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Physics at home and in the back yard (Part III)

George Ficken

The Physics Teacher -- December 1977 -- Volume 15, Issue 9, pp. 550

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01.55.+b	General physics
07.68.+m	Photography, photographic instruments; xerography

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An improved counter‐timer

H. D. Fisher

The Physics Teacher -- December 1977 -- Volume 15, Issue 9, pp. 556

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01.50.-i	Educational aids
07.07.-a	General equipment

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The author of the original counter‐timer circuit disagrees

Robert R. Barrett

The Physics Teacher -- December 1977 -- Volume 15, Issue 9, pp. 557

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01.50.-i	Educational aids
07.07.-a	General equipment

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Referee’s comments on Barrett and Fisher’s electronic counter‐timer circuits

Burton Brody

The Physics Teacher -- December 1977 -- Volume 15, Issue 9, pp. 557

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01.50.-i	Educational aids
07.07.-a	General equipment

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Ealing’s counter‐timer‐frequency meter—an evaluation

Tim C. Ingoldsby

The Physics Teacher -- December 1977 -- Volume 15, Issue 9, pp. 558

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01.50.-i	Educational aids
07.07.-a	General equipment

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Comments from ealing

James Reynolds

The Physics Teacher -- December 1977 -- Volume 15, Issue 9, pp. 559

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01.50.-i	Educational aids
07.07.-a	General equipment

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Resonance and foghorns

Carl J. Naegele

The Physics Teacher -- December 1977 -- Volume 15, Issue 9, pp. 559

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01.50.My	Demonstration experiments and apparatus
43.20.-f	General linear acoustics

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An important reference work

Theodore D. Goldfarb

The Physics Teacher -- December 1977 -- Volume 15, Issue 9, pp. 560

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01.30.Ee	Monographs and collections
89.60.-k	Environmental studies

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Rambling through space‐time

Joseph Dreitlein

The Physics Teacher -- December 1977 -- Volume 15, Issue 9, pp. 560

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01.30.Ee	Monographs and collections
04.20.-q	Classical general relativity
03.30.+p	Special relativity

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Science, a prerequisite for environmental studies

Robert Gardner

The Physics Teacher -- December 1977 -- Volume 15, Issue 9, pp. 561

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01.30.mp	Textbooks for undergraduates
01.75.+m	Science and society
89.60.-k	Environmental studies

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Fred hoyle on stonehenge

Vincent S. Steckline

The Physics Teacher -- December 1977 -- Volume 15, Issue 9, pp. 562

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01.30.Ee	Monographs and collections
01.65.+g	History of science
95.30.-k	Fundamental aspects of astrophysics

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Introductory Physics − A problem‐solving approach

Jesse David Wall

The Physics Teacher -- December 1977 -- Volume 15, Issue 9, pp. 562

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01.30.mp	Textbooks for undergraduates
01.55.+b	General physics

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Principles of physics

F. Bueche

The Physics Teacher -- December 1977 -- Volume 15, Issue 9, pp. 562

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01.30.mp	Textbooks for undergraduates
01.55.+b	General physics

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The various language

Arnold Arons

The Physics Teacher -- December 1977 -- Volume 15, Issue 9, pp. 564

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01.30.mp	Textbooks for undergraduates
01.55.+b	General physics

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Physics and the physical perspective

Henry O. Hopper and Peter Gwynne

The Physics Teacher -- December 1977 -- Volume 15, Issue 9, pp. 564

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01.55.+b	General physics

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Shadow of a Hole

Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr.

The Physics Teacher -- December 1977 -- Volume 15, Issue 9, pp. 564

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42.25.Bs	Wave propagation, transmission and absorption
01.50.F-	Audio and visual aids

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Comments on physics for the blind

Thomas Rossing

The Physics Teacher -- December 1977 -- Volume 15, Issue 9, pp. 565

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01.40.G-	Curricula and evaluation
42.60.-v	Laser optical systems: design and operation
43.58.+z	Acoustical measurements and instrumentation

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Dec 1977

Volume 15, Issue 9, pp. 518-565

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