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Mar 1964

Volume 2, Issue 3, pp. 103-140


Plasma Physics

Sanborn C. Brown

The Physics Teacher -- March 1964 -- Volume 2, Issue 3, pp. 103

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The fourth state of matter, the "plasma state," although relatively rarely found at the surface of the earth, is the most commonly found state of matter when the known universe is considered. The plasma state, consisting of a neutral collection of electrons and positive ions may have a very wide range of densities. The production and properties of this state are described. Plasmas are of particular interest now because of the possibility of initiating neuclear fusion in them but they also appear in phenomena ranging from those found in a neon sign, a lightning stroke, the ionosphere about the earth, shock waves, and the compressed layer of hot gas around an astronaut's capsule as the comes back through the earth's atmosphere.

The Relation of Physics to Other Sciences

Richard P. Feynman

The Physics Teacher -- March 1964 -- Volume 2, Issue 3, pp. 111

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Through the courtesy of the Addison-Wesley Publishing Company of Reading, Massachusetts we are able to publish one of the opening chapters of the Feynman Lectures in Physics. This is a new book based on the lectures given by Dr. Feynman in the introductory course at the California Institute of Technology. A second chapter of this refreshingly different but delightfully rigorous introduction to college physics will be published later.

Physics in the English Schools

Lister A. Redman, Senior Physics Master

The Physics Teacher -- March 1964 -- Volume 2, Issue 3, pp. 118

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A brief survey of the English educational system is followed by details of how physics teaching of 11–16 and 16–18 and 19 year-old pupils is organized. This includes sample examination questions, details of laboratories, textbooks, and other teaching aids such as films and television and finally future developments are indicated.

SCRAPS: Space and Time

James Jeans, Sir

The Physics Teacher -- March 1964 -- Volume 2, Issue 3, pp. 125

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EDITORIAL: Why Study Physics?

Walter Thumm

The Physics Teacher -- March 1964 -- Volume 2, Issue 3, pp. 126

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APPARATUS FOR TEACHING PHYSICS: Electric Current Balance for Lecture Demonstrations and Laboratory Experiments

D. S. Ainslie

The Physics Teacher -- March 1964 -- Volume 2, Issue 3, pp. 128

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APPARATUS FOR TEACHING PHYSICS: Integral Value Calculation of Parallel Resistances

Frank E. Rose

The Physics Teacher -- March 1964 -- Volume 2, Issue 3, pp. 131

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BOOK AND FILM REVIEWS: Nuclear Energy

L. R. Redman, Author and James H. Werntz, Reviewer

The Physics Teacher -- March 1964 -- Volume 2, Issue 3, pp. 132

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BOOK AND FILM REVIEWS: General Physics, Third Edition

Oswald H. Blackwood, Author and Robert L. Henry, Reviewer

The Physics Teacher -- March 1964 -- Volume 2, Issue 3, pp. 132

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BOOK AND FILM REVIEWS: Principles of Mechanics Simply Explained

Morton Mott-Smith, Author and J. W. Buchta, Reviewer

The Physics Teacher -- March 1964 -- Volume 2, Issue 3, pp. 133

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ANNOUNCEMENTS, NEWS AND NOTES: Prizes for Solutions of Problems

The Physics Teacher -- March 1964 -- Volume 2, Issue 3, pp. 135

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ANNOUNCEMENTS, NEWS AND NOTES: A.A.P.T. Section Meetings

The Physics Teacher -- March 1964 -- Volume 2, Issue 3, pp. 136

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LITTLE STINKERS: An Electrodynamic Speedometer for Airplanes

The Physics Teacher -- March 1964 -- Volume 2, Issue 3, pp. 137

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LITTLE STINKERS: Change of Energy of a Charged Capacitor

The Physics Teacher -- March 1964 -- Volume 2, Issue 3, pp. 137

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LITTLE STINKERS: Energy of Charged Capacitors

The Physics Teacher -- March 1964 -- Volume 2, Issue 3, pp. 137

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LITTLE THINKERS: A Spool That Obeys Orders

Wallace A. Hilton

The Physics Teacher -- March 1964 -- Volume 2, Issue 3, pp. 139

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LITTLE THINKERS: Mental Gymnastics

The Physics Teacher -- March 1964 -- Volume 2, Issue 3, pp. 139

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SCRAPS: Nineteen Hundred and Sixty-Four The Four-Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Galileo Galilei

Laura Fermi and Gilberto Bernardini

The Physics Teacher -- March 1964 -- Volume 2, Issue 3, pp. 140

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