A historical analysis is given of the development in 1900 of the Lorentz transformation of coordinates and time, and of electric and magnetic field components. The earlier work of Voight is discussed. (RH)

SOME SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS OF OVERHEAD PROJECTORS IN THE PHYSICS LECTURE HALL AT RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE ARE DESCRIBED--(1) PRODUCTION AND USE OF TRANSPARENCIES, (2) THE OVERHEAD PROJECTOR IN THE DEMONSTRATION LECTURE, (3) BREAD-BOARD FOR ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS, AND (4) AN X-Y PLOTTER FOR THE OVERHEAD PROJECTOR. (MS)

SEVERAL POSSIBLE WAYS OF ADJUSTING SELF-INSTRUCTION PROGRAMS TO INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES AMONG LEARNERS WERE EXPLORED IN EXPERIMENTAL PILOT STUDIES. THE PROGRAMS UTILIZED A VARIETY OF RESPONSE MODES AND STEP SIZES, AND PRESENTED TOPICS WITHIN PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS TO STUDENTS OF 8TH-, 9TH-, AND 10TH-GRADE LEVELS. SCHOLASTIC ABILITY, AS MEASURED BY…

The directory includes three lists: institutions and personnel arranged geographically; institutions arranged alphabetically; and all physics and astronomy personnel arranged alphabetically. The institution and personnel lists also include information about faculty rank, level of degrees or courses offered in physics and astronomy, department…

The American Institute of Physics (AIP) publishes 87% of the primary research journals in the discipline of physics in the United States. These journals have provided an indispensable communication mechanism for research results and education in physics and astronomy. A redesign of the present journal system is required because of expansions in…

GRADES OR AGES: Grade 13. SUBJECT MATTER: Physics. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into two parts, each of which contains the same four units. The first part briefly describes each unit; the second part gives a detailed outline of each unit. The guide is offset printed and staple-bound with a soft cover. OBJECTIVES AND…

The purpose of the study is to delineate the science interest patterns of undergraduate psychology majors by comparing with other social science and natural science majors. In addition, the aim is to investigate the attitudes of psychology and physics students concerning the use of the scientific model as the best single way of viewing the world.…

Discusses an interdisciplinary course which showed how physics could provide insights into literature. (DD)

Presented are three theories of superconductivity: (1) the London theory; (2) the Bardeen, Cooper, Schrieffer (BCS) theory; and (3) the sudden-polarization theory. (RH)

The first of a three part series, this review covers the online bibliographic and numeric databases of physics, mathematics, and computer science. Two database directories are mentioned, and a table listing databases, producers, major subjects, and starting dates is appended. Fifteen references are provided. (EJS)

This overview of 47 online sources for physics information available in the United States--including sub-field databases, transdisciplinary databases, and multidisciplinary databases-- notes content, print source, language, time coverage, and databank. Two discipline-specific databases (SPIN and PHYSICS BRIEFS) are also discussed. (EJS)