Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology

Friday, November 27, 2009

What’s Wrong With These Equations?

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The 4 th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology is full of equations: thousands of them. Each one must fit into the text...
Friday, November 20, 2009

The Feynman Lectures

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The Feynman Lectures on Physics , by Richard Feynman. On page 318 of the 4 th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology...
Friday, November 13, 2009

Quantum Physics of Atoms, Molecules, Solids, Nuclei, and Particles

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Quantum Physics of Atoms, Molecules, Solids, Nuclei, and Particles , by Eisberg and Resnick. One of the sources that Russ Hobbie and ...
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Friday, November 6, 2009

Clark and Plonsey

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Problem 30 in Chapter 7 of the 4th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology is based on a paper by John Clark and Robert Pl...
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Friday, October 30, 2009

Hobbie and Roth, Back in the Saddle Again

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In the November, 2009 issue of the American Journal of Physics , Russ Hobbie and I published “ Resource Letter MP-2: Medical Physics .” Our...
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Friday, October 23, 2009

Felix Bloch

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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...
Friday, October 16, 2009

The Klein-Nishina Formula

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In Chapter 15 of the 4 th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I present the Klein-Nishina formula ...
Friday, October 9, 2009

Steven Chu, Biological Physicist

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Readers of the 4th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology may wish to see examples of physicists who have contributed to ...
Friday, October 2, 2009

Are Static Magnetic Fields Dangerous?

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Are static magnetic fields dangerous? This question has recently taken on added importance because a European directive is limiting a worker...
Friday, September 25, 2009

Cochlear Implants

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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...
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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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