Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology

Friday, December 31, 2010

Brownian Motion

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In the 4th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I discuss Brownian motion . We first address this top...
Friday, December 24, 2010

The littlest things can drive you nuts

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I hope that our readers (and Russ Hobbie and I do value and appreciate all our dear readers) find the list of references at the end of each...
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Friday, December 17, 2010

Subtracting Large Numbers

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One of the most notorious difficulties in numerical computations is the loss of precision when subtracting two similar, large numbers to obt...
Friday, December 10, 2010

Robert Millikan

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One fundamental constant that appears repeatedly in the 4th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology is the charge of the e...
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Friday, December 3, 2010

Physical Biology of the Cell

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Physical Biology of the Cell , by Phillips, Kondev, and Theriot. I spent some time this week looking over the recently published textbo...
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Friday, November 26, 2010

Acetylcholine and Loewi’s Dream

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In 1936, Otto Loewi was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the role of acetylcholine and other chemic...
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Friday, November 19, 2010

Viral Outbreak: The Science of Emerging Disease

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Textbooks such as the 4th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology are essential for studying and learning a new topic, but...
Friday, November 12, 2010

Bionumbers

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One feature of the 4th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology that distinguishes it from many other medical or biological...
Friday, November 5, 2010

Seeing the Natural World with a Physicist’s Lens

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One theme of this blog—and indeed, one theme of the 4 th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology —is the role o...
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Friday, October 29, 2010

Iatrogenic Problems in End-Stage Renal Failure

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In Section 5.7 of the 4th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , where Russ Hobbie and I discuss the artificial kidney ...
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I am an emeritus professor of physics at Oakland University, and coauthor of the textbook Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology. The purpose of this blog is specifically to support and promote my textbook, and in general to illustrate applications of physics to medicine and biology.
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