Describes experiments for determining the dielectric constants of liquids and measuring capacitor dissipation. (SL)

Reviews the survival rate of physics courses taught by the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI). (SL)

Describes an inexpensive device for students to measure Planck's constant using the photoelectric effect. (SL)

Develops a graphical method for studying the parallel susceptibility of an antiferromagnetic material. (SL)

Provides a case study account of the creativity of Newton utilized in a natural sciences course for nonscience majors. (SL)

Presents a simple model whereby the work per cycle done on an external agent, and a sand reservoir, by a reversible heat engine can be analyzed explicitly. (Author/SL)

Analyzes the sudden drop in the isothermal entropy of mixing when two ideal quantum gases are made identical. (Author/SL)

Introduces the concept of mutual inertia, analogous to mutual inductance, through the study of oscillations in a periodic linear chain of particles, on an air-track, joined by loaded strings. (SL)

Demonstrates that a particle traveling in a helical path provides a mechanical model describing the quantum-mechanical wave function formalism. (SL)

Describes a procedure for modifying an interferometer which compensates for distortions when making interferograms. (SL)

Reviews the use of ultrasonic techniques for obtaining images of the internal conditions of the human body. (SL)

Reviews techniques to consider when writing multiple-choice objective test items. (SL)

Provides a simple derivation of the linear least-squares equations for obtaining the best fit straight line through experimental data points. (SL)

Describes experiments demonstrating the Josephson effect, single-file diffusion in biological membranes, refractive index of beer, lines of magnetic fields, indexing diffraction patterns, Maxwell's equations, and spherical aberration. (SL)

Describes apparatus for electrostatic painting and two different Foucault pendulum demonstrations. (SL)