Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology

It’s been nine years since I wrote a post about scientific illustrator David Goodsell . That’s too long. Russ Hobbie and I cite his wonder...

Today I want to discuss an experiment that led to the discovery of messenger RNA (mRNA). Why did I choose to focus on one specific experime...

The Age of Reason Begins , by Will and Ariel Durant . The title of this week’s post is ironic, because with all the events of the last few m...

Voodoo Science , by Bob Park , superimposed on Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology. Bob Park died five years ago this week. He ha...

Yesterday’s attack on Dr. Anthony Fauci during his testimony at the Congressional Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic angers me...

The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science , by Peter Hotez . This week I read The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science: A Scientist’s Warning , by Peter Hotez ...

Breathless , by David Quammen . Whenever David Quammen has a new book, I put it on my “to read” list. Recently I finished his latest: Breat...

For three years I’ve dodged the bullet, but no more; I have covid . I’m doing fine, thank you. For me the symptoms were similar to a moderat...

I’m a fan of Dianna Cowern , better known as Physics Girl , who makes Youtube videos about physics that would be helpful for readers of Int...

The Code Breaker , by Walter Isaacson My favorite authors are Simon Winchester , David Quammen , and Walter Isaacson . This week I read Isaa...

In Chapter 10 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I discuss models described by nonlinear differential equat...