One Hundred Resource Letters, 1962-1995


A. P. French

Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

Roger H. Stuewer

School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455

The following list gives the authors, titles, and references to initial publication in the American Journal of Physics of the first one hundred Resource Letters, beginning with #1 on "Polarized Light" by Shurcliff in 1962 and ending with #100 on "Time and Frequency Measurement" by Hackman and Sullivan in this issue.

Many of the published Resource Letters were accompanied by the publication of a Reprint Book, containing the text of the Resource Letter itself as well as reprints of some of the key articles referred to. Although many of the early Reprint Books are now out of print, many are still available, as indicated by asterisks in the following list. In addition, Reprint Books are now in preparation for some, though not all, of the recently published Resource Letters. For information, write to:

AAPT Publications Sales
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In addition, the first 98 Resource Letters themselves have been reprinted in a series of five books published by the AAPT:

Of these, the three most recent collections are currently available, also from the AAPT Publications Sales Department.



1.      PL-1.   Polarized Light 
                William A. Shurcliff    30(3), 227-230 (1962)
2.      PP-1.   Plasma Physics  
                Sanborn C. Brown        30(4), 303-307 (1962)
3.      SRT-1.  Special Relativity Theory       
                Gerald Holton           30(6), 462-469 (1962)
4.      ME-1.   Mossbauer Effect        
                0. K. Wertheim          31(1), 1-6 (1963)
5.      SO-1.   Kinematics and Dynamics of Satellite Orbits
                Leon Blitzer            31(4), 233-236 (1963)
6.      QSL-1.  Quantum and Statistical Aspects of Light
                P. Carruthers           31(5), 321-325 (1963)
7.      FC-1.   Evolution of the Electromagnetic Field Concept  
                William T. Scott        31(11), 819-826 (1963)
8.      F-1.    Friction                
                Ernest Rabinowicz       31(12), 897-900 (1963)
9.      Scy-1.  Superconductivity       
                D. M. Ginsberg          32(2), 85-89 (1964)
10.     Scr-1.  Semiconductors  
                Paul Handler            32(5), 329-333 (1964)
11.     MOP-1   Masers (Microwave through Optical) and Optical Pumping  
                H. W. Moos              32(8), 589-595 (1964)
12.     MB-1.   Experiments with Molecular Beams        
                Jens C. Zorn            32(10), 721-732 (1964)
13.     NS-1.   Nuclear Structure       
                M. A. Preston           32(11), 820-824 (1964)
14.     PhM-i.  Philosophical Foundations of Classical Mechanics        
                Mary Hesse              32(12), 905-911(1964)
15.     NMR-    Nuclear Magnetic Resonance      
                R. E. Norberg           33(2), 71-75 (1965)
        EPR- 1    and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
16.     SL-1.   Science and Literature  
                Marjorie Nicolson       33(3), 175-183 (1965)
17.     AT-1.   Achievement Testing     
                Haym Kruglak            33(4), 255-263 (1965)
18.     EEC-1.  Evolution of Energy Concepts from Galileo to Helmholtz  
                Theodore M. Brown       33(10), 759-765 (1965)
19.     CM-1.   Teaching of Angular Momentum and Rigid Body Motion      
                John I. Shonle          33(11), 879-887 (1965)
        See also the "Correction,"      34(3), 273 (1966)
20.     ECAN-1. Electronic Charge and Avogadro's Number 
                David L. Anderson       34(1), 2-8 (1966)
21.     PB-1.   Physics and Biology     
                D. James Baker, Jr.     34(2), 83-93 (1966)
22.     PA-1.   Particle Accelerators   
                John P. Blewett         34(9), 742-752 (1966)
23.     PP-2.   Plasma Physics: Waves and Radiation Processes in Plasmas        
                G. Bekefi and Sanborn C. Brown          
                                        34(11), 1001-1005 (1966)
24.     SAP-1.  Subatomic Particles     
                Clifford E. Swartz      34(12), 1079-1086 (1966)
25.     CR-1.   Cosmic Rays     
                J. R. Winckler and D. J. Hofmann        
                                        35(1), 2-12 (1967)
26.     ColR-1. Collateral Reading for Physics Courses
                Alfred M. Bork and Arnold B. Arons      
                                        35(2), 71-78 (1967)
27.     NR-1.   Nuclear Reactions       
                T. A. Griffy            35(4), 297-301 (1967)
28.     LH-1.   Liquid Helium   
                C. T. Lane              35(5), 367-375 (1967)
29.     NPE-1.  Nuclear Photographic Emulsions  
                M. W. Friedlander       35(12), 1105-1112 (1967)
30.     GR-1.   General Relativity      
                Dieter R. Brill and Robert C. Perisho   
                                        36(2), 85-92 (1968)
31.     GE-1.   Origin of the Elements  
                William A. Fowler and  William E. Stephens      
                                        36(4), 289-302 (1968)
32.     BSPF-1. A Bibliography of Selected Physics Films        
                William R. Riley        36(6), 475-489 (1968)    
33.     SP-1.   Symmetry in Physics     
                David Park              36(7), 577-584 (1968)
34.     Rea-1.  Reactors        
                Paul Michael and Robert I. Schermer     
                                        36(8), 659-668 (1968)
35.     OFPM-1. Ordinary Electronic Properties of Metals
                D. N. Langenberg        36(9), 777-788 (1968)    
36.     XR-1.   X Rays  
                Leonard Muldawer        37(2), 123-134 (1969)
37.     EP-1.   Educational Psychology  
                I. W. George Ivany      37(11), 1091-1099 (1969) 
38.     OC-1.   Optical Resource Letter on Colorimetry
                Günter Wyszecki            37(12), 1201-1203 (1969)
39.     OR-2.   Optical Resource Letter on Radiometry   
                Fred E. Nicodemus       38(1), 43-50 (1970)
40.     Neu-1.  History of the Neutrino 
                Leon M. Lederman        38(2), 129-136 (1970)
41.     TLA-1.  Technology, Literature, and Art since World War II
                William H. Davenport    38(4), 407-414 (1970)
42.     PD-1.   Particle Detectors      
                W. Peter Trower         38(7), 795-805 (1970)
43.     Scy-2.  Superconductivity       
                D. M. Ginsberg          38(8), 949-955 (1970)
44.     IQM-1.  Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics     
                Bryce S. DeWitt and R. Neill Graham     
                                        39(7), 724-738 (1971)     
45.     BE-1.   Biomedical Engineering  
                Curtis C. Johnson       39(12), 1423-1432 (1971)
46.     ERPEE-1.Energy: Resources, Production, and Environmental Effects
                Robert H. Romer         40(6), 805-829 (1972)     
47.     TOE-1.  Tests of Quantum Electordynamics        
                Morton M. Sternheim     40(10), 1363-1373 (1972)          
48.     PCP-1.  Pre-College Physics Curriculum Materials
                Lester G. Paldy and Clifford E. Swartz  
                                        41(2), 166-178 (1973)
49.     EMAA-1. Educational Materials in Astronomy and Astrophysics     
                Richard Berendzen and David DeVorkin    
                                        41(6), 783-808 (1973)
50.     PE-1.   Physics and the Environment     
                John I. Shonle          42(4), 267-273 (1974)
51.     MPF-1.  Mechanical Properties of Fluids 
                R. C. Stanley           42(6), 440-451(1974) 
52.     TPB-1.  Theoretical Physics and Biology 
                N. MacDonald            42(9), 717-725 (1974)
53.     TLA-2.  Technology, Literature, and the Arts, Contemporary
                William H. Davenport    43(1), 4-8 (1975)
54.     MENP-1. Medium Energy Nuclear Physics   
                Morton M. Sternheim and Justus H. Koch
                                        43(6), 475-481(1975)
55.     MA-1.   Musical Acoustics       
                Thomas D. Rossing       43(11), 944-953 (1975)
56.     RC-1.   Cosmology       
                Michael P. Ryan, Jr. and L. C. Shepley  
                                        44(3), 223-230 (1976)
57.     SE-1.   Solar Energy    
                D. K. McDaniels and M. J. Throop
                                        44(5), 409-416 (1976)
58.     EMAA-2. Laboratory Experiences for Elementary Astronomy 
                Haym Kruglak            44(9), 828-833 (1976)
59.     SEG-1.  Solid-Earth Geophysics  
                Paul A. Bender          44(10), 903-911(1976)
60.     WI-1.   Weak Interactions       
                Barry R. Holstein       45(11), 1033-1039 (1977)
61.*    ENC-1.  Environmental Noise Control     
                Thomas D. Rossing       46(5), 444-454 (1978) 
62.     PhD-1.  Physics Demonstrations  
                John A. Davis and Bruce 0. Eaton        
                                        47(10), 835-840 (1979)    
63.     NP-1.   New Particles   
                Jonathan L. Rosner      48(2), 90-103 (1980)
64.*    CCV-1.  Color and Color Vision  
                Paul L. Pease           48(11), 907-917 (1980)
65.*    SP-2    Symmetry and Group Theory in Physics    
                Joe Rosen               49(4), 304-319 (1981)
66.*    BH-1.   Black Holes     
                Steven Detweiler        49(5), 394-400 (1981)
67.*    L-1.    Lasers  
                Donald C. O'Shea and Donald C. Peckham  
                                        49(10), 915-925 (1981)
68.     SH-1.   Superfluid Helium       
                Robert B. Hallock       50(3), 202-212 (1982)
69.     GI-1.   Gravity and Inertia     
                P. W. Worden, Jr. and C. W. E Everitt   
                                        50(6), 494-500 (1982)
70.     PNAR-1. Physics and the Nuclear Arms Race       
                Dietrich Schroeer and John Dowling      
                                        50(9), 786-795 (1982)     
71.*    SE-2.   Solar Energy    
                Laurent Hodges          50(10), 876-881(1982)
72.*    0-1.    Quarks  
                0. W. Greenberg         50(12), 1074-1089 (1982)
73.*    XRA-1.  X-Ray Astronomy 
                Claude R. Canizares     52(2), 111-119 (1984)
74.*    SR-1.   Synchrotron Radiation   
                G. Margaritondo and J. H. Weaver                
                                        52(7), 590-597 (1984)
75.     PWI-1.  Plasma Waves and Instabilities  
                Crockett L. Grabbe      52(11), 970-981 (1984) 
76.*    MP-1.   Medical Physics         
                Russell K. Hobbie       53(9), 822-829 (1985)
77.     AHRS-1. Atoms in High Rydberg States    
                E. B. Dunning           53(10), 944-949 (1985) 
78.*    PS-1.   Physics of Sports       
                Cliff Frohlich          54(7), 590-593 (1986)
79.     CPE-1.  Computers in Physics Education  
                Robert 0. Fuller        54(9), 782-786 (1986)
80.*    PPPP-1. Physical Principles of Physiological Phenomena
                Bernard Hoop            55(3), 204-210 (1987)
81.*    MA-2    Musical Acoustics       
                Thomas D. Rossing       55(7), 589-601(1987)
82.*    HP-1.   History of Physics      
                Stephen 0. Brush        55(8), 683-691(1987)
83.*    IQM-2.  Foundations of Quantum Mechanics since the Bell Inequalities    
                L. F. Ballentine        55(9), 785-792 (1987)
84.*    CPP-1.  Cosmology and Particle Physics  
                David Lindley, Edward W. Kolb, and David N. Schramm     
                                        56(6), 492-501 (1988)     
85.*    GI-1.   Gauge Invariance        
                T. P. Cheng and Ling-Fong Li
                                        56(7), 586-600 (1988)
        See also the "Erratum,"         56(11), 1048 (1988)
86.*    RMSL-1. Recent Measurements of the Speed of Light and the
                Redefinition of the Meter
                Harry E. Bates          56(8), 682-687 (1988)
87.*    FR-1.   Fractals        
                Alan I. Hurd            56(11), 969-975 (1988)
88.*    ETC-1.  Extraterrestrial Civilization   
                Thomas B. H. Kuiper and Glen David Brin 
                                        57(1), 12-18 (1989)       
89.*    QHE-1.  The Integral and Fractional Quantum Hall Effects        
                C. T. Van Degrift, M. E. Cage, and S. M. Girvin 
                                        58(2), 109-123 (1990)             
90.     MD-1.   Maxwell's Demon 
                Harvey S. Leff and Andrew F. Rex        
                                        58(3), 201-209  (1990)
91.*    MM-1.   Magnetic Monopoles      
                Alfred S. Goldhaber and W. Peter Trower 
                                        58(5), 429-439  (1990)
92.*    MNG-1.  Measurements of Newtonian Gravitation   
                G. T. Gillies           58(6), 525-534 (1990) 
93.     HEPP-1. History of Elementary-Particle Physics  
                R. Corby Hovis and Helge Kragh
                                        59(9), 779-807  (1991)
94.*    LS-1.   Laser Spectroscopy      
                R. Gupta                59(10), 874-886 (1991)
95.     AP-1.   The Anthropic Principle 
                Yuri V. Balashov        59(12), 1069-1076 (1991)
96.     MI-1.   Medical Imaging 
                Stephen J. Riederer     60(8), 682-693 (1992)
97.     RP- 1.  Radio Pulsars   
                Joel M. Weisberg        61(1), 13-22 (1993)
98.     ETDSTS-1. Experimental Tests of the Discrete Space-Time Symmetries      
                Eugene D. Commins       61(9), 778-788 (1993) 
99.     GW-1.   Global Warming  
                John W. Firor           62(6), 490-495  (1994)
100.    TFM-1.  Time and Frequency Measurement  
                Christine Hackman and Donald B. Sullivan
                                        63(4), 306-317  (1995)