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 36.   "Optical-Model and Coupled-Channels Calculations in Quantum-Mechanical Scattering" (S. D. Doyle, J. S. Eck, O. L. Weaver and W. J. Thompson), American Journal of Physics 43, 677-682 (1975).

 52.   "Dissipative Forces and Quantum Mechanics" (J. S. Eck and W. J. Thompson), American Jour­nal of Physics 45, 161-163 (1977).

 54.   "Note on the Appearance of Rapidly Moving Objects" (W. J. Thompson), American Journal of Physics 45, 1008 (1977).

 77.   Computing in Applied Science (W. J. Thompson), (Wiley, 1984) ISBN 0-471-09355-6, 349 pages.

 78.   Teachers' Guide to Accompany Computing in Applied Science (W. J. Thompson), (Wiley, 1984) ISBN 0-471-97972-X, 84 pages.

 79.   Source Programs for Computing in Applied Science (W. J. Thompson), (Wiley, 1984) ISBN 0-471-82371-6, microcomputer diskette for Apple II and IBM PC.

 82.   "The Purpose of Computing is Insight, Not Numbers" (W. J. Thompson), Journal of College Science Teach­ing 14, 505-508 (1985).

 85.   "From Computer Literacy to Computer Competence in Physics" (W. J. Thompson), invited paper in Southeastern Section American Physical Society meeting, Athens, GA, December 1985.

 88.   Invited paper by W. J. Thompson at the Conference on Computers in the Undergraduate Cur­riculum, University of North Carolina at Asheville, NC, October 1987.

 89.   "Introducing Computation to Physics Students" (W. J. Thompson), Computers in Physics, July/August (1988)14-20; reprinted by Mir Publishers, Moscow.

 91.   Invited paper by W. J. Thompson in the Conference on Computers in Physics Instruction, edited by J. S. Risley and E. F. Redish, N. C. State University, August 1988.

 95.   "Determining e/m with a Bainbridge Tube: Less Data, More Physics" (W. J. Thompson), Ameri­can Jounal of Physics, 58, 1019-1020 (1990.

 98.   Review of Computational Physics: Fortran Version (S. E. Koonin and D. C. Meredith), by W. J. Thompson, American Scientist, 79, 171-172 (1991).

103.  “A Concise Derivation of the Plane-Wave Partial-Wave Expansion” (W. J. Thompson), American Journal of Physics, 60, 378-379 (1992).

104.  “Fourier Series and the Gibbs Phenomenon (W. J. Thompson), American Journal of Physics, 60, 425-429 (1992).

107.  Computing for Scientists and Engineers (W. J. Thompson), Wiley-Interscience, 1992 (464 pages).

112.  “Physics, Errors Analysis, and Statistics” (W. J. Thompson), Letter to the Editor, American Jour­nal of Physics, 60, 969 (1992).

113.  “Visualizing Plane Wave Partial Wave Expansions” (W. J. Thompson), Mathematica in Educa­tion, 2, 3-6 (1992).

124.  “Stationary States” p. 1527 in Macmillan Encyclopedia of Physics, (W. J. Thompson), ed. J. S. Rigden, Simon and Schuster Macmillan, New York, 1996.

125.  “Angular Momentum: An Illustrated Guide to Rotational Symmetries for Physical Systems  (W. J. Thompson), Wiley-Interscience, 1994 (475 pages); reviewed in American Journal of Physics, 63, 670 (1995).

147.   Book review An Introduction to Error Analysis, 2nd ed., John R. Taylor (W. J. Thompson) Physics Today, January 1998, pp. 57, 58.

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