TPT January 2025

The Physics Teacher

 

January 2025
Volume 63 Issue 1

 

This Month's cover...is a striking optical illusion that gives the impression that it is moving. Which way would you say that it appears to rotate? See “Explaining Quanta with Optical Illusions” by Gianluca Li Causi for some provocative ideas for quantum analogies. This is the first article in our special collection on “Quantum Science and Technology in the Introductory Physics Classroom.” Image source: Andrey Korshenkov - stock.adobe.com.

 

Columns

AI Physics Tools, And the Survey Says..., Astronotes, Fermi Questions, Figuring Physics, For the New Teacher, iPhysicsLabs, Just Physics, Little Gems, Physics Challenge for Teachers and Students, Talkin' Physics, Technology In The Classroom, Tricks of the Trade, TCY Tidbits, Visual Physics, and Websights.

 

EDITORIAL

Happy 100th Birthday, Quantum Mechanics! by Gary White. DOI: 10.1119/5.0253331

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Adopting a paradigm shift framework to promote quantum literacy by Derrick Hylton; Shannon Sung; Dylan Bulseco. DOI: 10.1119/5.0226415

PAPERS

Explaining Quanta with Optical Illusions Featured by Gianluca Li Causi. DOI: 10.1119/5.0147178

Autumn Foliage and the Photoelectric Effect by P.-M. Binder. DOI: 10.1119/5.0203181

How Can a Quantum Particle be Found in a Classically Forbidden Region? by Dennis Krause; Nikolai Jones. DOI: 10.1119/5.0166989

Sauntering Sauropods: The Preferred Walking Speeds of the Largest Land Animals That Ever Lived ScilightFeatured by Scott A. Lee; Justyna Slowiak. DOI: 10.1119/5.0187569

Grover’s Search Algorithm: An Approachable Application of Quantum Computing by Jed Brody; Grant-Christopher Worthington Sykes. DOI: 10.1119/5.0164714

The Quantum for All Students and Teachers Project: Sample Activities and the Historical Storyline Linking Them Editor’s Pick by Ramon E. Lopez; Karen Jo Matsler. DOI: 10.1119/5.0226389

Rolling to a Stop Down an Inclined Golf Green by Rod Cross. DOI: 10.1119/5.0173052

Secondary and University Students’ Descriptions of Quantum Superposition Editor’s Pick by Nicoline Berit Campbell Birkeland; Maria Vetleseter Bøe. DOI: 10.1119/5.0225893

Reflections of Quantum Educators on Strategies to Diversify the Second Quantum Revolution by Apekshya Ghimire; Chandralekha Singh. DOI: 10.1119/5.0223983

A Brief Introduction to Quantum Computing by Azar Khosravani; Constantin Rasinariu. DOI: 10.1119/5.0208582

A Coincidence in the Spring–Rod System by Fábio M. S. Lima. DOI: 10.1119/5.0159121

Qualitatively Demonstrating the Localization of the Michelson Circular Fringes by Xiaoqi Zeng; Dongmei Deng; Ji Chen; Jiazhong Zeng. DOI: 10.1119/5.0167531

A CURE (Course-Based Undergraduate Research) for Advanced Physics Lab by Kristin Rabosky; John Armstrong; Adam Johnston. DOI: 10.1119/5.0186665

See More from Reflection with Fresnel’s Equations by Ting Xiao; Xing-xing Yao; Yuan Zheng. DOI: 10.1119/5.0169559

Interfacing MCP4921 DAC with Arduino UNO to Characterize a Zener Diode by Abhijit Bar; Supti Sadhukhan; Somnath Naskar. DOI: 10.1119/5.0166940