CODEN: AJPIAS ISSN: 0002-9505
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Jan Tobochnik
American Journal of Physics
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Associate Editor: Harvey Gould, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts 01610
Consulting Editors: David J. Griffiths, Reed College, Portland, Oregon 97202
Barry R. Holstein, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003
William J. Mullin, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003
John Mallinckrodt, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California 91768
Apparatus and Demonstrations Notes Editor: Frank L. H. Wolfs, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627
Book Review Editor: Hans C. von Baeyer, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187
Physics Education Research Section Editor: Charles Henderson, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008
Resource Letter Editor: Roger H. Stuewer, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
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Ernest R. Behringer, Eastern Michigan UniversityChristian Brosseau, Université de Bretagne Occidentale
Anne J. Cox, Eckerd College
David Garfinkle, Oakland University
L. Mahadevan, Harvard University
Carl Mungan, United States Naval Academy
Gerardo Muñoz, California State University, Fresno
Beate Schmittmann, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Harold Zapolsky, Rutgers University
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