Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology

In the November, 2009 issue of the American Journal of Physics , Russ Hobbie and I published “ Resource Letter MP-2: Medical Physics .” Our...

One hundred and four years ago today, Felix Bloch (1905–1983) was born in Zurich , Switzerland. Bloch received his PhD in physics in 1928 f...

In Chapter 15 of the 4 th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I present the Klein-Nishina formula ...

Readers of the 4th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology may wish to see examples of physicists who have contributed to ...

Are static magnetic fields dangerous? This question has recently taken on added importance because a European directive is limiting a worker...

Russ Hobbie and I discuss the ear and hearing in Chapter 13 of the 4th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology . Last Wedne...

The December 7, 2007 entry to this blog was titled “Is Computed Tomography Safe?” As is often the case with such a difficult question, the...

While in Minneapolis last week, attending the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society ,...

I’m posting this blog from Minneapolis , Minnesota, where I am attending the 31 st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering ...

When Russ Hobbie and I were preparing the 4 th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , we tried to update our book with...