Describes a nineteenth century paper by Reynolds on his experiments with the tension that a column of liquid could sustain, and compares Reynolds work with some of the other related work published in French journals at that time. (GA)

Gives a sketch of some topics in distribution theory that is technically simple, yet provides techniques for handling the partial differential equations satisfied by the most important Green's functions in physics. (Author/GA)

Presents a guide to be used by students and teachers in conjunction with a television program about Einstein. Provides general information about special and general relativity, and the universe. Includes questions for discussion after each section and a bibliography. (MA)

Gives a general guide to the entrance requirements and to the course structure of the physics departments in 140 higher institutions and universities in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. (GA)

Discusses different approaches to the teaching of electrical resistance as presented by different authors of physics textbooks. Evaluates, compares, and expresses personal preferences for certain approaches. (GA)

Explains interference colors in thin films as being due to the removal, or considerable reduction, of a certain color by destructive inteference that results in the complementary color being seen. (GA)

Reviews six new children's books in the areas of astronomy, energy, mathematics, and physics. (GT)

Gives an explanation to the process of charging the conventional leaf electroscope, by induction, using a charged insulated rod. (GA)

Gives ideas, suggestions, impressions, and opinions on teaching musical acoustics specifically to musicians both in and out of the classroom. The approach is practical and is intended for physics teachers involved with musical acoustics. (Author/GA)

Discusses the potential impact of microcomputers on physics computer-assisted learning in the United Kingdom. Explains some available systems, their requirements, advantages, problems, and the cost involved. (GA)

Explains how sound as a topic matches up to what are considered to be important criteria for a physics course, and discusses specific suggestions for material that might be included in a modern course on sound. (GA)

Discusses how to produce sudden first-order and second-order changes in the configurations of soap films by using models whose dimensions are variable. Shows how to construct a two dimensional catastrophe machine. (GA)

Shows how the good-as-new postulate leads to the exponential function, which in turn leads to a complete probabilistic description of the decay of an aggregate of identical excited atoms. (Author/GA)

Discusses reading levels of books in the sciences, and explains the use of the Readability Graph. Also reported are reading levels of selected high school physics texts. (GA)

A new, small magnetic susceptibility system is described which can be constructed from commercially available components for less than one hundred dollars for use with a standard laboratory balance. (BB)