Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology

Friday, January 23, 2026

Walter Gilbert, Biological Physicist

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Walter Gilbert,  provided to Wikimedia  by the Science History  Institute as part of a cooperation project . I like to collect examples of...
Friday, January 16, 2026

Magnetism and its Effects on the Living System

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In this blog, I’ve discussed several people who promote pseudoscience related to health effects of electric and magnetic fields , including...
Friday, January 9, 2026

Planar Microcoil Arrays for In Vitro Cellular-Level Micromagnetic Activation of Neurons

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Russ Hobbie and I discuss magnetic stimulation in Chapter 8 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology . The technique uses a time-v...
Friday, January 2, 2026

The 6th Edition of IPMB Has Been Submitted!

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On December 26, Gene Surdutovich and I submitted our draft of the 6th Edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology to Springer ,...
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Friday, December 26, 2025

Twinkle, Twinkle, T2*

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In Chapter 18 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I discuss the relaxation time constants T 1 and T 2 use...
Friday, December 19, 2025

Douglas Lea, Biological Physicist

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“ Radiation and the Single Cell: The Physicist's Contribution  to Radiobiology,” by Eric Hall. I like to highlight examples of scientist...
Friday, December 12, 2025

COSMOS, Cell Phones, and Cancer

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Are Electromagnetic Fields Making Me Ill? The relationship between cell phones and brain cancer is a controversial topic. Russ Hobbie and I...
Friday, December 5, 2025

Bernard Katz, Biological Physicst

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Nerve, Muscle, and Synapse , by Bernard Katz. I’ve talked about Bernard Katz before in this blog , when discussing his book Nerve, Muscle, ...
Friday, November 28, 2025

The Ascent of Man

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The Ascent of Man , by Jacob Bronowski. One book that had a big impact on me when I was young is Jacob Bronowski ’s The Ascent of Man . The ...
Friday, November 21, 2025

Here Comes The Sun

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Here Comes The Sun , by Bill McKibben I recently finished Bill McKibben ’s excellent book Here Comes The Sun ( McKibben and I are about th...
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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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