Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology

Most of my blog posts are about the textbook Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology . This post, however, is all about me. IPMB make...

Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology: Suki Roth (2002-2018) Suki Roth (2002-2018). Regular readers of this blog are famili...

Suki Suki has fleas . It’s her worst infestation ever. My wife and I have battled them for about a month, and are finally gaining the up...

The Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology Facebook Group has now reached 150 members. Yes, IPMB has a Facebook group. I use i...

Suki Roth, in front of a copy of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology . Suki is going deaf. She has not lost all her hearing ...

Over the Christmas break I discovered a blog written under the pen name Neuroskeptic . Neuroskeptic is a British neuroscientist who takes...

A five generation picture. When my first daughter Stephanie was born, we included her in this photo of five generations. From left to ri...

In Chapter 13 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I describe a logarithmic scale for sound intensity : the ...

I don’t have any grandchildren yet, but I am fortunate to have a wonderful “granddog.” This weekend, my wife and I are taking care of Auggie...

Although I am a champion of applying physics to biomedicine, physics has little impact on some parts of biology. For instance, much of zoolo...

Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain , by Oliver Sacks. Those who know me well are aware that I spend considerable time walking ...

Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President , by Candice Millard. Regular readers of this blog...