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Dec 1993

Volume 31, Issue 9, pp. 518-558


A weighty response

Michael Zeilik

The Physics Teacher -- December 1993 -- Volume 31, Issue 9, pp. 518

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01.30.mp Textbooks for undergraduates
95.90.+v Historical astronomy and archaeoastronomy; and other topics in fundamental astronomy and astrophysics; instrumentation, techniques, and astronomical observations

It all adds up

Takao Tekeuchi

The Physics Teacher -- December 1993 -- Volume 31, Issue 9, pp. 518

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01.50.Pa Laboratory experiments and apparatus
01.50.ht Instructional computer use
02.60.Lj Ordinary and partial differential equations; boundary value problems
84.30.-r Electronic circuits

Wrong! and that’s right

Kenneth F. Kinsey

The Physics Teacher -- December 1993 -- Volume 31, Issue 9, pp. 518

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01.50.Kw Techniques of testing

What goes around comes around

Keith Fillmore

The Physics Teacher -- December 1993 -- Volume 31, Issue 9, pp. 518

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45.05.+x General theory of classical mechanics of discrete systems

Sight distance at sea

D. Rae Carpenter, Jr.

The Physics Teacher -- December 1993 -- Volume 31, Issue 9, pp. 519

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91.10.By Mathematical geodesy; general theory

Theory and experiment

Robert J. Beichner

The Physics Teacher -- December 1993 -- Volume 31, Issue 9, pp. 519

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45.05.+x General theory of classical mechanics of discrete systems

The inverted tailhook effect

Derek B. Swinson

The Physics Teacher -- December 1993 -- Volume 31, Issue 9, pp. 520

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45.05.+x General theory of classical mechanics of discrete systems

A comment on waves and particles

Ronald Geballe

The Physics Teacher -- December 1993 -- Volume 31, Issue 9, pp. 525

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03.65.Ta Foundations of quantum mechanics; measurement theory
01.65.+g History of science

Why the dart always hits

Yoav Ben‐Dov

The Physics Teacher -- December 1993 -- Volume 31, Issue 9, pp. 526

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03.30.+p Special relativity
45.05.+x General theory of classical mechanics of discrete systems

Estimating the height of a mountain using the old farmer’s almanac

Neil M. Shea

The Physics Teacher -- December 1993 -- Volume 31, Issue 9, pp. 528

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91.10.Jf Topography; geometric observations

Spacephone: Propagating interest in waves

Roset Khosrouour, Rawlings Lamberton, and Scott Paulinsky

The Physics Teacher -- December 1993 -- Volume 31, Issue 9, pp. 529 | Cited 1 time

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01.50.My Demonstration experiments and apparatus
43.20.Gp Reflection, refraction, diffraction, interference, and scattering of elastic and poroelastic waves
43.20.Jr Velocity and attenuation of elastic and poroelastic waves
43.38.Ja Loudspeakers and horns, practical sound sources

The standing high jump

Alfonso Díaz‐Jiménez

The Physics Teacher -- December 1993 -- Volume 31, Issue 9, pp. 534

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87.19.rs Movement
87.19.ru Locomotion
45.05.+x General theory of classical mechanics of discrete systems

The Earth’s seasons in 3−D–Part III

Charles A. Eckroth

The Physics Teacher -- December 1993 -- Volume 31, Issue 9, pp. 536

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91.10.Nj Rotational variations; polar wobble

Galileo’s damped oscillator

Terrence P. Toepker

The Physics Teacher -- December 1993 -- Volume 31, Issue 9, pp. 537

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01.50.Pa Laboratory experiments and apparatus
45.05.+x General theory of classical mechanics of discrete systems

Variable stars

John R. Percyy

The Physics Teacher -- December 1993 -- Volume 31, Issue 9, pp. 541

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97.30.Gj Cepheids (delta Cephei, W Virginis)
97.10.Ri Luminosities; magnitudes; effective temperatures, colors, and spectral classification

Teaching the use of spreadsheets for Physics

Paula V. Engelhardt, Scott F. Schultz, John E. Gastineau, Margaret H. Gjertsen, and John S. Risley

The Physics Teacher -- December 1993 -- Volume 31, Issue 9, pp. 546 | Cited 1 time

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01.50.ht Instructional computer use

The average bears nothing

John Wessner

The Physics Teacher -- December 1993 -- Volume 31, Issue 9, pp. 548

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01.50.Pa Laboratory experiments and apparatus
07.05.-t Computers in experimental physics
45.05.+x General theory of classical mechanics of discrete systems
41.20.Gz Magnetostatics; magnetic shielding, magnetic induction, boundary-value problems

Newton’s bathroom scale

George A. Burman

The Physics Teacher -- December 1993 -- Volume 31, Issue 9, pp. 550

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06.30.Dr Mass and density
06.20.F- Units and standards

The simultaneity of relativistic pitchforks

Joseph A. Spizuoco

The Physics Teacher -- December 1993 -- Volume 31, Issue 9, pp. 552 | Cited 1 time

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03.30.+p Special relativity

Extending the CASTLE Project with hand generators

Jonathan Mitschele

The Physics Teacher -- December 1993 -- Volume 31, Issue 9, pp. 556

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01.50.Pa Laboratory experiments and apparatus
84.30.-r Electronic circuits
84.32.Tt Capacitors

Standing waves in a mailing tube

Vincent Santarelli, Joyce Carolla, and Michael Ferner

The Physics Teacher -- December 1993 -- Volume 31, Issue 9, pp. 557 | Cited 2 times

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01.50.Pa Laboratory experiments and apparatus
43.58.Dj Sound velocity
43.58.Ta Computers and computer programs in acoustics
43.20.Ks Standing waves, resonance, normal modes
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