In an earlier editorial, "Vote for your favorite AJP papers" [57 (12), 1067 (1989)], I invited readers to nominate their favorite papers from past issues of this Journal, from the first issue in Volume 1 (1933) to the present. I wanted to be able to encourage all readers to seek out stimulating articles they might have missed or that they might have read a long time ago but forgotten in the intervening years.
The "AJP All-Star Team" is listed below. The chosen papers are simply arranged chronologically and grouped by year, except for cases in which several papers obviously belong together. Citations are given in the form recently adopted for this Journal, with both final and initial page numbers and - in particular - titles of the published articles. We have made one addition to the usual format for printing journal references, by including the issue number, in the hopes of making it easier for readers who may have unbound sets of AJP conveniently at hand. In all cases in which I happened to know about subsequent errata or sequels, I have added appropriate references but no systematic search has been made.
I decided not to try to group these papers by subject category for two reasons. First, because of the nature of this particular Journal, it would have been an impossible task. There was, however, a second and more important reason. To segregate the papers by subject matter would have run contrary to the spirit of this effort. For there was an implicit assumption behind my decision to print such a list, the assumption that AJP readers are a peculiar lot, with broad interests and eclectic tastes. (Does that really make us "peculiar"? I hope that all physicists fall into that category, but I sometimes worry that during the past few decades the percentage of physicists who fit that description may have been decreasing.) In my own case, for instance, though electromagnetic theory is still my own first love, I would not think of scanning a list like this looking only for papers on that topic. Rather, to quote from the one sentence in our current "Statement of Editorial Policy" that I think best summarizes the purpose of AJP, I would look for papers that meet my "needs and intellectual interests," in a broad interpretation of those words.
It is clear that nominations were made for a variety of reasons. Some may have been chosen in part because of the names of the authors. (Look, for instance, at the papers near the beginning of the list written by Condon, Bridgman, Morrison, Compton, Weisskopf, Wigner, Sommerfeld, Fermi, and Purcell.) Some were perhaps chosen because of the quaintness of their approach or a sense of "deja vu all over again" in Yogi Berra's immortal words. (See, for instance, Daffin, 1937 or Pake, 1961.) Some were chosen because of the important role that the particular papers played in an individual's own education. As any reader of my August, 1988 editorial, "Wanted - Tutorial articles for the American Journal of Physics" [56 (8), 681 (1988)] might have predicted, I myself nominated Pake's 1950 papers on nuclear magnetic resonance, papers that can still serve as a useful introduction to that subject. Some papers were nominated that are not yet venerable enough to be "classics" but are obviously meeting the current needs and intellectual interests of readers: look, for instance, at Purcell, Mills, Janot et al., and Washburn (1989); Dehmelt (our "Nobel Prize paper"), Dyson, Merniin, and Greenberger et al. (1990). (Careful readers of published dates of receipt and acceptance will realize that Dehmelt's paper was received in this office a few days prior to the announcement of his Nobel Prize award, hurried with unusual speed through the review process after the prize was reported, and published much more quickly than is normally possible, so that it appeared in print almost simultaneously with the ceremony in Stockholm.)
Here is one small statistical note for those interested in the sociology of science. The great majority (about 84%) of the listed papers were written by a single author, with an average of approximately 0.2 authors per paper. In the physics community at large, these numbers may seem bizarre, but they are not absurdly anomalous in the American Journal of Physics context. Of all new manuscripts submitted to AJP during the last three years, 65% were written by a single author, with an average of approximately 1.5 authors per paper. Think what the corresponding numbers are for other physics journals!
I want to thank everyone who nominated papers for this list; perhaps I owe a special word of thanks to those anonymous voters who were kind enough to nominate a few of my own old contributions to these pages! Happy reading.
Robert H. Romer, Editor
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Note: These citations have been scanned electronically. They have been hand-checked. Neither the machine nor the person are perfect. -PJM
1934
E. U. Condon, "Where Do We Live? Reflections on Physical Units and the
Universal Constants," 2 (2), 63-69 (1934).
1937
W. V. Houston, "The Physical Content of Quantum Mechanics," 5 (2), 49-55
(1937).
John B. Daffin, "Why the Woman Student Does Not Elect Physics," 5 (2),
82-85 (1937).
1939
P. W. Bridgman, "Society and the Intelligent Physicist," 7 (2), 109-116
(1939).
1941
P. Morrison, "Introduction to the Theory of Nuclear Reactions," 9 (3),
135-162 (1941).
Donald R. Hamilton, "Molecular Beams and Nuclear Moments," 9 (6), 319-337
(1941).
1942
Arthur H. Compton, "War Problems of the Physics Teacher," 10 (2),
92-96 (1942).
E. U. Condon, "A Physicist's Peace," 10 (2), 96-97 (1942).
1943
V. F. Weisskopf, "On the Theory of the Electric Resistance of Metals,"
11 (1), 1-12 (1943).
1946
Sherwood K. Haynes and Wilfrid J. Jackson, "The Physics of Radar," 14
(3), 143-164 (1946); "The Physics of Radar (Continued)," 14 (6), 403-431
(1946).
Arthur H. Compton, "The Social Implications of Atomic Energy," 14(3), 173-178
(1946).
1947
Philipp Frank, "The Place of the Philosophy of Science in the Curriculum
of the Physics Student," 15 (3), 202-218 (1947).
E. U. Condon, "The Franck-Condon Principle and Related Topics," 15 (5),
365-374 (1947)
E. C. Watson, "Joule's Only General Exposition of the Principle of
Conservation of Energy," (including a reprint of James Prescott Joule's
lecture at Manchester, April 28, 1847: "On Matter, Living Force, and
Heat"), 15 (5), 383-390 (1947).
E. C. Watson, "Jubilee of the Electron," (a reprint of J. J. Thomson's
Royal Institution lecture of April 30, 1897. "Cathode Rays"), 15(6),
458-464 (1947).
1948
E. U. Condon and P. E. Condon, "Effect of Oscillations of the Case on the
Rate of a Watch," 16 (1), 14-16 (1948).
G. P. Harnwell, "Submarine Physics," 16 (3), 127-139 (1948).
James S. Allen, "The Search for the Neutrino through Nuclear Recoil
Experiments," 16 (9), 451-461 (1948).
1949
E. P. Wigner, "Nuclear Reactions and Level Widths," 17 (3), 99-109 (1949).
C. Kikuchi and R. D. Spence, "Microwave Methods in Physics. I. Microwave
Spectroscopy," 17 (5), 288-297 (1949); "Microwave Methods in Physics.
II. Microwave Absorption in Parsmagnetic Substances," 18 (4), 167-182
(1950).
A. Sommerfeld, "Some Reminiscences of My Teaching Career," 17 (5), 315-316
(1949).
1950
Coulomb's Law Committee of the A.A.P.T. (W. F. Brown, Jr.; N. H. Frank;
F. C. Kemble, Chair; W. H. Michener; C. C. Murdock and D. L. Webster),
"The Teaching of Electricity and Magnetism at the College Level. I.
Logical Standards and Critical Issues," 18 (1), 1-25 (1950); "II. Two
Outlines for Teachers," 18 (2),69-88 (1950).
Karl Menger, "The Mathematics of Elementary Thermodynamics," 18 (2), 89-103
1950). See also John S. Thomson, 19 (8), 476 (195l), and Karl Menger 19
(1) 476-477 (l95l)
Geoffrey F. Chew and Burton J. Moyer, "High Energy Accelerators at the
University of California Radiation Laboratory," 18 (3), 125-136 (1950).
G. F. Pake, "Fundamentals of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Absorption 1,"
18 (7), 438-452 (1950); "Fundamentals of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Absorption II," 18 (8), 473-486 (1950).
J. H. Van Vleck, "Landmarks in the Theory of Magnetism," 18 (8),495-509
(1950).
1951
Herbert Goldstein, "The Classical Motion of a Rigid Charged Body in a
Magnetic Field," 19 (2), 100-109 (1951).
J. C. Slater, "The Electron Theory of Solids," 19 (6), 368-374 (1951).
1952
Martin J. Klein, "On a Degeneracy Theorem of Kramers," 20 (2), 65-71
(1952).
Alvin M. Weinberg, "Current Status of Nuclear Reactor Theory," 20 (7),
401-412 (1952).
L. I. Schiff, "Quantum Effects in the Radiation from Accelerated Relativistic
Electrons," 20 (8), 474-478 (1952).
Kerson Huang, "On the Zitterbewegung of the Dirac Electron," 20 (8), 479-
484 (1952).
Enrico Fermi, "Experimental Production of a Divergent Chain Reaction," 20
(9), 536-558 (1952).
1953
G. Breit and M. H. Hull, Jr., "Advances in Knowledge of Nuclear Forces," 21
(3), 184-220 (1953).
Allen L. King, "Note in Memory of Blind John Gough," 21 (3), 231-232 (1953).
F. Keffer, H. Kaplan, and Y. Yafet, "Spin Waves in Ferromagnetic and
Antiferromagnetic Materials," 21 (4), 250-257 (1953).
1954
F. M. Purcell, "Nuclear Magnetism," 22 (1), 1-8 (1954).
Victor K. La Mer, "Some Current Misinterpretations of N. L. Sadi
Carnot's Memoir and Cycle I," 22 (1), 20-27 (1954); "Some Current
Misinterpretations of N. L. Sadi Carnot's Memoir and Cycle II," 23 (2),
95-102(1955).
E. U. Condon, "Physics of the Glassy State. I. Constitution and
Structure," 22 (2), 43-53 (1954); "Physics of the Glassy State.
II. The Transformation Range," 22 (3), 132-142 (1954); "Physics of the
Glassy State. III. Strength of Glass," 22 (4), 224-232 (1954); "Physics
of the Glassy State. IV. Radiation Sensitive Glasses," 22 (51),
310-317 (1955).
H. G. Dehmelt, "Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance," 22(3), 110-120 (1954).
Eric Mendoza, "Storm Location at Sea - An Illustration of Group Velocity," 22
(4), 208-211 (1954).
C. Kittel, "The Effective Mass of Electrons in Crystals," 22 (5), 250-
252 (1954).
1955
Thomas S. Kuhn, "Carnot's Version of 'Carnot's Cycle,'" 23 (2), 91-95 (1955).
Martin A. Hirshfeld, "On 'Some Current Misinterpretations of Carnal's Memoir,'"
23 (2), 103-105 (1955).
E. J. Zimmerman, "Numerical Coincidences in Microphysics and Cosmology,"
23(31), 136-141 (1955).
Eugene P. Wigner, "On the Development of the Compound Nucleus Model," 23 (6),
371-380(1955).
Harald C. Jensen, "Production of Chladni Figures on Vibrating Plates Using
Continuous Excitation," 23 (8), 503-505 (1955).
W. H. Furry, "Lorentz Transformation and the Thomas Precession," 21 (8),
517-525(1955).
1956
C. E. Chase, "Ultrasonic Propagation in Liquid Helium," 24 (3), 136-
155(1956).
Mario Bunge, "Survey of the Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics," 24 (4), 272-286
(1956).
Gerald Holton, "Johannes Kepler's Universe: its Physics and Metaphysics,"
24 (5), 340-351 (1956).
Walter H. Brattain, "Development of Concepts in Semiconductor Research," 24
(6), 421-425 (1956).
G. E. Uhlenbeck, "Reminiscences of Professor Paul Ehrenfest," 24 (6),
431-433 (1956).
H. R. Crane, "Maintaining the Geometrical Alignment of a Large Accelerator," 24
(8), 549-554 (1956).
1957
Mary D. WaIler, "Interpreting Chladni Figures," 25 (3), 157-158 (1957).
Harald C. Jensen, "Production of Chladni Figures," 25 (3), 203 (1957).
E. C. Watson, "On the Relations Between Light and Electricity" (a
translation of Reinrich Hertz's Heidelberg lecture of 1889), 25 (6),
335-343 (1957).
Mark W. Zemanaky, "Fashions in Thermodynamics," 25 (6), 349-351 (1957).
E. Segre', "Antinucleons," 25 (6), 363-369 (1957).
E. M. Purcell, "Gravitation Torsion Balance," 25 (6), 393-394 (1957).
Jerome Rothstein, "Nuclear Spin Echo Experiments and the Foundations of
Statistical Mechanics," 25 (8), 510-518 (1957).
Allan Sandage, "The Birth and Death of a Star," 25 (8), 525-531 (1957).
Aage Bohr, "On the Structure of Atomic Nuclei," 25 (8), 547-553 (1957).
1958
Martin J. Klein, "Note on a Problem Concerning the Gibbs Paradox," 26 (2),
80-81 (1958).
Leonard Eisenbud, "On the Classical Laws of Motion," 26 (3), 144-
159 (1958).
John K. Wood, "Aristotle and the Physics Student," 26 (3), 175-178 (1958).
David Park, "Recent Advances in Physics," 26 (4), 210-234 (1958).
Raymond J. Seeger, "On Teaching Thermophysics," 26 (4), 248-257 (1958).
R. B. Lindsay, "Concept of Energy as the Theme of a General Education
Course in Physics," 26 (5), 290-296 (1958).
P. Morrison, "Approximate Nature of Physical Symmetrics," 26 (6), 358-368
(1958).
Willard F. Libby, "Chemistry and the Atomic Nucleus," 26 (8), 524-
536 (1958).
1959
Norwood Russell Hanson, "Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Theory," 27
(1), 1-15 (1959).
David Park, "Recent Advances in Physics," 27 (4), 234-255 (1959).
E. R. Harrison, "Epicyclic Orbits of Charged Particles," 27 (5), 314-
317 (1959).
Bela G. Kolossvary, "Eotvos Balance," 27 (5), 336-343 (1959).
M. Stanley Livingston, "Early Development of Particle Accelerators, 27 (9),
626-629 (1959).
1960
Leon N. Cooper, "Theory of Superconductivity," 28 (2), 91-101 (1960).
Sir George P. Thomson, "Nature of Physics and Its Relation to Other Disciplines,"
28 (3), 187-192 (1960).
H. A. Buchdahl, "The Concepts of Classical Thermodynamics," 28(3), 196-
201 (1960).
L. I. Schiff, "On Experimental Tests of the General Theory of
Relativity," 28 (4), 340-343 (1960).
R. H. Dicke, "Eotvos Experiment and the Gravitational Red Shift," 28
(4), 344-347 (1960).
Richard A. Ferrell, "Electron-Nucleus Hyperfine Interaction in Atoms," 28
(5),484-486 (1960).
Gerald Holton, "On the Origins of the Special Theory of Relativity,"
28 (7), 627-636 (1960).
F. Rohrlich, "Self-Energy and the Stability of the Classical Electron," 28
(7), 639-643 (1960).
Robert L. de Zafra, "Optical Pumping," 28 (7), 646-654 (1960).
1961
Harry Lustig, "The Mossbauer Effect," 29 (1), 1-18 (1961).
P. W. Bridgman, "Significance of the Mach Principle," 29 (1), 32-36 (1961).
L. Brillouin, "Thermodynamics, Statistics, and Information," 29 (5), 318-328
(1961).
William A. Fowler, Jesse L. Greenstein, and Fred Hoyle, "Deuteronomy. Synthesis
of Deuterons and the Light Nuclei during the Early History of the Solar
System," 29 (7), 393-403 (1961).
George E. Pake, "Can Four-Year Colleges Prepare Physics Majors for Graduate Work
in Physics?" 29 (10), 678-684 (1961).
Robert Weinstock, "Laws of Classical Motion. What's F? What's m? What's a?" 29
(10), 698-702 (1961).
A. H. Compton, "The Scattering of x Rays as Particles," 29 (12),
817-820(1961).
Sir George Thomson, "Early Work in Electron Diffraction," 29 (12), 821-825
(1961).
C. D. Anderson, "Early Work on the Positron and Muon," 29 (12),
825-830 (1961).
1962
F. Merzbacher, "Single Valuedness of Wave Functions," 30 (4), 237-247 (1962).
T. Gold, "The Arrow of Time," 30 (6), 403-410 (1962).
Robert W. Brehme, "A Geometric Representation of Galilean and Lorentz
Transformations," 30 (7), 489-496 (1962).
William T. Scott, "Electron Levels, Electrochemical Effects, and
Thermoelectricity," 30 (10), 727-737 (1962).
1963
Eugene P. Wigner, "The Problem of Measurement," 31 (1), 6l5 (1963).
R. S. Shankland, "Conversations with Albert Einstein," 31 (1), 47-57
(1963); "Conversations with Albert Einstein, II," 41 (7), 895-901 (1973).
H. V. Neher and R. B. Leighton, "Linear Air Trough," 31 (4), 255-262 (1963).
David H. Frisch and James H. Smith, "Measurement of Relativistic Time
Dilation Using u-Mesons," 31 (5), 342-355 (1963).
W. K. H. Panofsky, "Photon and Electron High-Energy Physics: Present and
Future," 31 (6), 409-416 (1963).
R. H. Dicke, "Cosmology, Mach's Principle and Relativity," 31 (7), 500-
509 (1963).
Francis W. Sears, "A Simplified Simplification of Caratheodory's
Treatment of Thermodynamics," 31 (10), 747-752 (1963).
Abner Shimony, "Role of the Observer in Quantum Theory," 31 (10), 755-773
(1963).
1964
R. S. Shankland, "Michelson-Morley Experiment," 32 (1), 16-35 (1964).
Mark Sharnoff, "Validity Conditions for the Kramers-Kronig Relations,"
32(1), 40-44 (1964).
Albert Allen Bartlett, "Compton Effect: Historical Background," 32 (2),
120-127 (1964).
Philip Morrison, "Less May Be More," 32 (6), 441-457 (1964).
C. H. Holbrow and W. C. Davidon, "An Introduction to Dispersion Relations,"
32 (10), 762-774 (1964).
1965
Reuben Benumof, "Optical Pumping Theory and Experiments," 33 (2), 151-160
(1965).
E. T. Jaynes, "Gibbs vs Boltzmann Entropies," 33 (5), 391-398 (1965).
A. L. Schawlow, "Measuring the Wavelength of Light with a Ruler," 33
(11), 922-923 (1965).
Arthur Komar, "Foundations of Special Relativity and the Shape of the Big
Dipper," 33 (12), 1024-1027 (1965).
1966
Arthur A. Evett, "Permutation Symbol Approach to Elementary Vector
Analysis," 34 (6), 503-507 (1966).
Vladislav Bevc, "Vector Differential Operations Derived from Physical
Definitions," 34 (6), 507-510 (1966).
R. H. Romer, "Angular Momentum of Static Electromagnetic Fields," 34
(9), 772-778 (1966); "Electromagnetic Angular Momentum," 35 (5),
445-446(1967).
Mark W. Zemansky, "Kelvin and Caratheodory-A Reconciliation," 34 (10),
914-920(1966).
1967
A. Gamba, "Physical Quantities in Different Reference Systems According
to Relativity," 35 (2), 83-89 (1967).
Emerson M. Pugh and George E. Pugh, "Physical Significance of the Poynting
Vector in Static Fields," 35 (2), 153-156 (1967).
C. Kittel, "The Way of the Chemical Potential," 35 (6), 483-487 (1967).
R. H. Dicke, "Gravitation and Cosmic Physics," 35 (7), 559-566 (1967).
0. L. Brill and B. Goodman, "Causality in the Coulomb Gauge," 35 (9), 832-837
(1967).
R. H. Romer, "Matrix Description of Collisions on an Air Track," 35 (9),
862-868(1967).
1968
John C. Wheatley, "Dilute Solutions of 3He in 4He at Low Temperatures,"
36 (3), 181-210 (1968).
C. Kittel, "X-Ray Diffraction from Helices. Structure of DNA," 36 (7),
610-616 (1968).
Stephen G. Kukolich, "Demonstration of the Ramsauer-Townsend Effect in a
Xenon Thyratron," 36 (8), 701-703 (1968).
Eugen Merzbacher, "Matrix Methods in Quantum Mechanics," 36 (9),
814-821(1968).
Lester M. Clendenning, "A Laboratory Approach to an Eigenvalue Problem,"
36 (10), 879-881 (1968).
H. R. Crane, "Students Do Not Think Physics is 'Relevant.' What Can We Do
About It?" 36 (12), 1137-1143 (1968).
1969
Martin S. Tiersten, "Force, Momentum Change, and Motion," 37 (1), 82-87 (1969).
Richard L. Garwin, "Kinematics of an Ultraelastic Rough Ball," 37 (1),
88-92 (1969).
P. J. E. Peebles, "Cosmology for Every physicist," 37 (4), 410-422 (1969).
S. Chandrasekhar, "Some Historical Notes," 37 (6), 577-584 (1969).
W. H. Furry, "Examples of Momentum Distributions in the Electromagnetic
Field and in Matter," 37 (6), 621-636 (1969).
N. R. Werthamer, "Theory of Quantum Crystals," 37 (8), 763-782 (1969).
C. Kittel, "Phase Transition of a Molecular Zipper," 37 (9),
917-920 (1969).
Gerald Holton, "Einstein and the 'Crucial' Experiment," 37 (10), 968-982 (1969).
Robert Weinstock, "Heat Capacity of an Ideal Free-Electron Gas. A Rigorous
Derivation," 37 (12), 1273-1279 (1969).
1970
Herman Erlichson, "Aharonov-Bohm Quantum Effects on Charged
Particles in Field-Free Regions," 38 (2), 162-173 (1970).
F. O. Schulz-DuBois, "Foucault Pendulum Experiment by Kamerlingh Onnes
and Degenerate Perturbation Theory," 38 (2), 173-188 (1970).
Eugene P. Wigner, "On Hidden Variables and Quantum Mechanical Probabilities,"
38 (8), 1005-1009 (1970).
John Clarke, "The Josephson Effect and e/h," 38 (9), 1071-1095 (1970).
1971
G.E. Stedman. "Fermi's Golden Rule -- An Exercise in Quantum Field
Theory," 39(2), 205-214(1971).
Timothy H. Boyer, "Energy and Momentum in Electromagnetic Field for
Charged Particles Moving with Constant Velocities," 39 (3), 257-270 (1971).
Jean-Marc Lévy-Leblond, "Conservation Laws for Gauge-Variant
Lagrangians," 39 (5), 502-506 (1971).
Frank S. Crawford, "Culvert Whistlers," 39 (6), 610-615 (1971); "Culvert
whistlers revisited," 56 (8), 752-754 (1988).
1972
Roger Y. Tsien, "Pictures of Dynamic Electric Fields," 40 (1),
46-56 (1972).
S. Chandrasekhar, "On the 'Derivation' of Einstein's Field Equations,"
40 (2), 224-234 (1972).
Barry R. Holstein and Arthur R. Swift, "The Relativity Twins in Free Fall,"
40 (5), 746-750 (1972).
Henry Pierce Stapp, "The Copenhagen Interpretation," 40 (8), 1098-1116 (1972).
1973
N. Bloembergen, "The Concept of Temperature in Magnetism," 41 (3), 325-331
(1973).
0. Donati, G. F. Misairoli, and G. Pozzi, "An Experiment on Electron
Interference," 41 (5), 639-644 (1973); P. G. Merli, G. F. Mistiroli, and
G. Pozzi, "On the statistical aspect of electron interference phenomena,"
44 (3), 306-307 (1976); G. Matteucci and G. Pozzi, "Two further
experiments on electron interference," 46 (6), 6l9-623 (1978).
Arnold Arons, "Toward Wider Public Understanding of Science," 41 (6),
769-782 (1973); 42 (2), 157-158 (1974).
Frank S. Crawford, "Water-Wave Machine for Demonstrating Group Velocity,"
41 (10), 1203-1204 (1973).
Frank S. Crawford, "Coille Effect. A Manifestation of the Reversibility of
Light Rays," 41 (12), 1370-1371 (1973).
1974
Claus Jansson, "Electron Diffraction at Multiple Slits," 42 (1),
411 (1974).
Frank S. Crawford, "Singing Corrugated Pipes," 42 (4), 278-288 (1974).
Julian Schwinger, "Precession Teats of General Relativity -- Source Theory
Derivations," 42 (6), 307-510 (1974).
Julian Schwinger, "Spin-Precession -- A Dynamical Discussion," 42 (6),
510-513 (1974).
1976
Leon H. Fisher and Robert N. Varney, "Contact potentials between metals:
History, concepts, and persistent misconceptions," 44 (5), 464-475
(1976).
Allan Franklin, "Principle of inertia in the Middle Ages," 44 (6), 529-545
(1976).
Thomas F, Jordan, "Conditions on wave functions derived from operator
domains," 44 (6), 567-570 (1976).
R. J. Higgins, "Fast Fourier transform. An introduction with some minicomputer
experiments," 44 (8), 766-773 (1976).
Luis W. Alvarez, "A physicist examines the Kennedy asasasination film," 44
(9), 813-827(1976).
Edward MacKinnon, "De Broglie's thesis. A critical retrospective," 44 (11),
1047-1055 (1976).
1977
E. M. Purcell, "Life at low Reynolds number," 45 (1), 3-11 (1977).
E. R. Harrison, "The dark night sky paradox," 45 (2), 119-124 (1977).
E. M. Lifshitz, "L. D. Landau's plain talk to students of physics," 45
(5), 415-422 (1977).
J. Als-Nielsen and R. J. Birgeneau, "Mean field theory, the Ginzburg
criterion, and marginal dimensionality of phase transitions,"45 (6),
554-560 (1977).
Banesh Hoffmann, "Unexpected rewards," 45 (9), 787-794 (1977).
Hans C. Ohanian, "What is the principle of equivalence?" 45 (10), 903-909
(1977).
1978
Michael Nauenberg and Victor F. Weisskopf, "Why does the sun shine?" 46
(1), 23-31 (1978).
P. Kiltel, W. R. Hackleman, and R. J. Donnelly, "Undergraduate experiment on
noise thermometry," 46 (1), 94-100 (1978).
Frederik J. Belinfante, "Can individual elementary particles have
individual properties?" 46 (4), 329-336 (1978).
Timothy H. Boyar, "Electrostatic potential energy leading to an inertial
mass change for a system of two point charges," 46 (4), 383-385 (1978).
E. J. Konopioski, "What the electromagnetic vector potential describes,"
46 (5), 499-502 (1978).
Sidney D. Drell, "When is a particle?" 46 (6), 597-606 (1978).
Humphrey J. Maris and Leo P. Kadanoff, "Teaching the renormalization
group," 46 (6), 652-657 (1978).
Albert A. Bartlett, "Forgotten fundamentals of the energy crisis," 46 (9),
876-888 (1978).
Lorenzo J. Curtis, "Concept of the exponential law prior to 1900," 46 (9),
896-906 (1978).
R. A. Powell, "Photoelectric effect. Back to basics," 46 (10), 1046-1051 (1978).
1979
Fritjof Capra, "Quark physics without quarks.- A review of recent
developments in S-matrix theory," 47 (1), 11-23 (1979).
Timothy H. Boyer, "Electrostatic potential energy leading to a
gravitational mass change for a system of two point charges,"
47 (2), 129-131(1979).
M. V. Berry and N. L. Balaxa, "Nonspreading wave packets," 47 (3), 264-267
(1979).
Evelyn Fox Keller, "Cognitive repression in contemporary physics," 47
(8), 718-721 (1979).
A. B. Arons, "Basic physics of the semidiurnal lunar tide," 47 (11),
934-937 (1979).
Mark A. Peterson, "Dante and the 3-sphere," 47 (12), 1031-1035 (1979).
1980
L. Baasno and A. Bianchi, "Rutherford's scattering formula via the
Runge-Lena vector," 48 (5), 400-401 (1980).
1981
Allan Franklin and Howard SmokIer, "Justification of a 'crucial'
experiment: parity nonconservation," 49 (2), 109-112 (1981).
Barry R. Holstein and Arthur R. Swift, "Elementary derivation of the
radiation field from an accelerated charge," 49 (4), 346-347 (1981).
P. C. Peters, "Where is the energy stored in a gravitational field?"
49(6), 564-569 (1981).
K. Moriyasu, "Gauge invariance and hidden symmetries," 49 (9), 819-826
(1981).
R. H. Dicke, "Interaction-free quantum measurements. A paradox?" 49
(10), 925-930 (1981).
N. D. Mermin, "Bringing home the atomic world. Quantum mysteries for
anybody," 49 (10), 940-943 (1981).
Stephen Gasiorowicz and Jonathan L. Rosner, "Hadron spectra and quarks,"
49 (10), 954-984 (1981).
Robert H. Romer, "Motion of a sphere on a tilted turntable," 49 (10),
985-986 (1981).
H. Richard Crane, "Short Foucault pendulum. A way to eliminate the
precession due to ellipticity," 49 (11), 1004-1006 (1981).
1982
M. Danos, "Bohm-Aharonov effect. The quantum mechanics of the electrical
transformer," 50 (1), 64-66 (1982).
Thomas D. Rossing, "Chladni's law for vibrating plates," 50 (3), 271-274
(1982).
Richard H. Price, "General relativity primer," 50 (4), 300-329 (1982).
William M. Fairbank, Jr. and Allan Franklin, "Did Millikan observe fractional
charges on oil drops?" 50 (5), 394-397 (1982).
Frank S. Crawford, "The hot chocolate effect," 50 (5), 398-404 (1982).
Frank S. Crawford, "Elementary derivation of the magnetic flux quantum," 50
(6), 514-516 (1982).
Robert Weinstock, "Dismantling a centuries-old myth: Newton's Principia
and inverse-square orbits," 50 (7), 610-617 (1982).
David J. Griffiths, "Hyperfine splitting in the ground state of
hydrogen," 50 (8), 698-703 (1982).
Frank S. Crawford, "Superball and time-reversal invariance," 50 (9), 856
(1982).
Robert C. Hilborn, "Einstein coefficients, cross sections, f values, dipole
moments, and all that," 50 (11). 982-986 (1982).
Robert H. Romer, "What do 'voltmeters' measure?: Faraday's law in a
multiply connected region," 50 (12), 1089-1093 (1982).
1983
Allen I. Janis, "Simultaneity and special relativistic kinematics," 51
(3), 209-2l3 (1983).
John Archibald Wheeler, "On recognizing 'law without law,' 51 (5),
398-404 (1983).
Bruce Ame Sherwood, "Pseudowork and real work," 51 (7), 597-602 (1983).
Michel Hans, "An electrostatic example to illustrate dimensional
regularization and renormalization group technique," 51 (8),
694-698 (1983).
R. E. Crandall, "Photon mass experiment," 51 (8), 698-702 (1983).
S. R. Wilk, R. E. MeNair, and M. S. Feld, "The physics of karate," 51 (9),
783-790 (1983).
Hans C. Ohanian, "On the approach to electro- and magnetostatic
equilibrium," 51 (11), 1020-1022 (1983).
1984
N. David Mermin, "Relativity without light," 52 (2), 119-124 (1984).
P. W. Milonni, "Why spontaneous emission?" 52 (4), 340-343 (1984).
Frank S. Crawford, "Elementary derivation of the wake pattern of a boat,"
52 (9), 782-785 (1984).
Allan Franklin, "Forging, cooking, trimming, and riding on the
bandwagon," 52 (9), 786-793 (1984).
William 0. Pollard, "Rumors of transcendence in physics." 52 (10),
877-881 (1984).
Bruce Arne Sherwood and W. H. Bernard, "Work and heat transfer in the
presence of sliding friction," 52 (11), 1001-1007 (1984).
1985
Timothy H. Boyer, "Lorentz-transformation properties for energy and
momentum in electromagnetic systems," 53 (2), 167-171 (1985).
Henry P. Stapp, "Bell's theorem and the foundations of quantum physics,"
53 (4),306-317 (1985).
William T. Doyle, "Scattering approach to Fresnel's equations and
Brewster's law," 53 (5), 463-468 (1985).
Andrzej Wróblewski, "de Mora Luminis: A spectacle in two acts
with a prologue and an epilogue," 53 (7), 621-630 (1985).
0. E. Stedman, "A lecture demonstration of the incompatibility of
quantum predictions with those of a local realistic theory,"
53 (12), 1143-1149 (1985).
Tyler A. Abbott and David J. Griffiths, "Acceleration without radiation,"
53 (12), 1203-1211 (1985).
1986
Victor F. Weisskopf, "Search for Simplicity: Maxwell, Rayleigh, and
Mt. Everest," 54 (1), 13-14 (1986).
Robert A. Nelson and M. G. Olsson, "The pendulum-Rich physics from a
simple system," 54 (2), 112-121 (1986).
M. W. P. Strandberg, "Special relativity completed: The source of some
2s in the magnitude of physical phenomena," 54 (4), 321-331 (1986).
James B. Gerhart, "Handling numbers," 54 (6), 493-500 (1986).
Hans C. Ohanian, "What is spin?" 54 (6), 500-505 (1986).
Andrew M. Settler, "The quest for ultrahigh energies," 54 (6),
505-510 (1986).
L. Lederman, "Unification, grand unification, and the
unity of physics," 54 (7), 594-600 (1986).
Joe Rosen, "No rumors of transcendence in physics," 54 (8),
700-702 (1986).
1987
Robert B. Griffiths, "Correlations in separated quantum systems: A
consistent history analysis of the EPR problem," 55 (1), 11-17 (1987).
Frank S. Crawford, "Slinky whistlers," 55 (2), 130-134 (1987); 55 (10),
952(1987).
Mark L. Rosenquist and Lillian C. McDermott, "A conceptual
approach to teaching kinematics," 55 (5), 407-415 (1987).
Joseph F. Mulligan, "The influence of Hermann van Helmholtz on Heinrich
Hertz's contributions to physics," 55 (8), 711-719 (1987).
E. T. Osypowski and M. G. Olason, "Synchronous motion in classical
mechanics," 55 (8), 720-725 (1987).
Peter L. Tea, "Trouble on the loop-the-loop," 55 (9), 826-829 (1987).
Herbert J. Bernstein and Victor F. Weisskopf, "About liquids," 55
(11) 974-983 (1987).
W. M. Saslow, "Electromechanical implications of Faraday's law: A problem
collection," 55 (11), 986-993 (1987).
Keith Briggs, "Simple experiments in chaotic dynamics," 55 (12),
1083-1089 (1987).
1988
Richard W. Henry and Sharon C. Glotzer, "A squeezed-state primer," 56 (4),
318-328(1988).
Michael S. Morris and Kip S. Thorne, "Wormholes in spacetime and their
use for interstellar travel: A tool for teaching general relativity,"
56 (5), 395-412 (1988).
Barry R. Holstein, "Gauge invariance and quantization," 56 (5),
425-429 (1988).
Mark A. Heald, "Energy flow in circuits with Faraday emf," 56
(6), 540-547 (1988).
N. David Mermin, "The amazing many colored relativity engine," 56
(7), 600-6l1 (1988).
Timothy H. Bayer, "The force on a magnetic dipole," 56 (8),
688-692 (1988).
Manfred Bucher, "The bed of nails revisited," 56 (9), 806-810 (1988).
S. Fahy, Charles Kittel, and Steven G. Louie, "Electromagnetic
screening by metals," 56 (11), 989-992 (1988).
A. R. Janah, T. Padmanabhan, and T. P. Singh, "On Feynman's formula
for the electromagnetic field of an arbitrarily moving charge," 56
(11), 1036-1038 (1988).
YoeI Tikochinsky, "A simplified proof of Bertrand's theorem," 56 (12),
1073-1075 (1988).
Robert L. Oldershaw, "The new physics -- Physical or mathematical
science?" 56 (12), 1075-1081 (1988).
Harold S. Zapolsky, "On electric fields produced by steady currents,"
56 (12), 1137-1141 (1988).
1989
Edward M. Purcell, "Helmholtz coils revisited," 57 (1), 18-22
(1989); 58 (4), 296 (1990).
A. Tonomura, 3. Undo, T. Matsuda, T. Kawasaki, and H. Ezawa,
"Demonstration of singk-drcteon buildup of an interference
pattern, 57 (2), 117-120 (1989).
Martin Gardner, "Is realism a dirty word?" 57(3), 203 (1989).
M. Kugler, "Motion in noninertial systems: theory and demonstrations,"
57 (3), 247-251 (1989).
S. S. Schweber, "Molecular beam experiments, the Lamb shift, and the
relation between experiments and theory," 57 (4), 299-308 (1989).
P. K. Aravind, "Geometrical interpretation of the simultaneous
diagonalization of two quadratic forms," 57 (4), 309-311 (1989).
B. A. Anicin, V. M. Babovic, and D. M. Davidovic, "Fresnel lenses,"
57 (4), 312-316 (1989).
Robert Mills, "Gauge fields," 57 (6), 493-507 (1989).
Edwin F. Taylor, "Space-time software. Computer graphics utilities
in special relativity," 57 (6), 508-514 (1989).
Alfred Shapere and Frank Wilczek, "Gauge kinematics of deformable
bodies," 57 (6), 514-518 (1989).
W. Zimmermann, Jr., "A wave-packet description of the motion of a
charged particle in a uniform magnetic field," 57 (7),
593-598 (1989).
Richard F. Berg and Michael R. Collier, "The Feynman inverse sprinkler
problem. A demonstration and quantitative analysis," 57(7),
654-657(1989).
Eric R. Scerri, "Eastern mysticism and the alleged parallels with
physics," 57 (8), 687-692 (1989).
Ray Skinner and John A. Weil, "An introduction to generalized functions
and their application to static electromagnetic point dipoles,
including hyperfine interactions," 57 (9), 777-791 (1989).
Ben Yu-Kuang Ku, "Kramers-Kronig in two lines," 57 (9), 821 (1989).
Christian Janot, Jean-Marie Dubois, and Marc de Boissieu,
"Quasiperiodic structures. Another type of long-range order for
condensed matter," 57 (11), 972-987 (1989).
S. Washburn, "Conductance fluctuations in loops of gold," 57 (12)
1069-1078 (1989).
Barry R. Holstein, "The adiabatic theorem and Berry's phase," 57
(12), 1079-1084 (1989).
G. C. Brown, J. O. Rasure, and W. A. Morrison, "Simple demonstration
of superconductivity in YBa2Cu3O7," 57 (12), 1142-1144 (1989).
1990
Hans Dehmelt, "Less is more. Experiments with an individual
atomic particle at rest in free space," 58 (1), 17-27 (1990).
Robert J. Birgenau, "Novel magnetic phenomena and high-temperature
superconductivity in lamellar copper oxides," 58 (1), 28-4O (1990).
Freeman J. Dyson, "Feynman's proof of the Maxwell equations," 58 (3),
209-211(1990). See also comments by Norman Dombey, Robert W. Brehme,
James L. Anderson, and I. E. Farquhar, 59(l), 85-87 (1991).
Fuhan Liu, Rochelle R. Tucker, and Peter Keller, "Nitrogen temperature
superconducting ring experiment," 58 (3), 211-218 (1990).
William B. Case and Mark A. Swanson, "The pumping of a swing from the
seated position," 58 (5), 463-467 (1990).
N. David Mermin, "Quantum mysteries revisited," 58 (8), 731-734 (1990).
Fang Lizhi, "Physics, physics students, and Tiananmen Square," 58 (9),
809 (1990).
Cyrus S. MacLatchy and Hugh A. Chipman, "A dynamic method of measuring
the charge induced on a conductor," 58 (9), 811-816 (1990).
Shulamith G. Eckstein, "Verification of fundamental principles of
mechanics in the computerized student laboratory," 58 (10), 909-915
(1990).
Daniel M. Greenberger, Michael A. Horne, Abner Shimony, and Anton
Zeilinger, "Bell's theorem without inequalities," 58 (12),
1131-1143 (1990).
G. Matteucci, "Electron wavelike behavior: A historical and experimental
introduction," 58(12), 1143-1147 (1990).