Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology

The holiday season is a time when we often exchange gifts. My gift to the readers of the 4th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine a...

The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin , by Henry Brands. I recently finished reading H. W. Brands ’ biography T...

In Chapter 8 of the 4th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I describe transcranial magnetic stimul...

Is electromagnetic radiation from cell phones dangerous? This point is debated in a point/counterpoint article in the December, 2008 issue...

Last week heart surgeon and pacemaker pioneer Andrian Kantrowitz died in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Among his many roles, Kantrowitz was an Adjun...

Each year in early December the Howard Hughes Medical Institute presents their Holiday Lectures on Science . Not sure you can make it to Ch...

Looking for a way to keep up with the scientific literature in biological physics? Make a habit of perusing the Virtual Journal of Biologic...

Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines , by Richard Muller. This blog has remained free of politics throughou...

For the last few years that I worked at the National Institutes of Health , Harold Varmus was the NIH director. Varmus was a Nobel Prize wi...

When Russ Hobbie and I started to prepare the 4th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , we discussed if we should add ...