Friday, May 28, 2010

Happy Birthday Laser!

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Quantum Physics of Atoms, Molecules, Solids, Nuclei, and Particles , by Eisberg and Resnick. This month marks the 50 th anniversary o...
Friday, May 21, 2010

Kalin Lucas and his ruptured Achilles tendon

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Basketball fans may recall that in this year's NCAA tournament, Michigan State University (located about a 90 minute drive from where ...
Friday, May 14, 2010

Single-Pool Exponential Decomposition Models: Potential Pitfalls in their Use in Ecology Studies

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In Section 11.2 of the 4th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I discuss fitting data using nonline...
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Friday, May 7, 2010

Hysteresis and Bistability in the Direct Transition from 1:1 to 2:1 Rhythm in Periodically Driven Single Ventricular Cells

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When preparing the 4th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I added two homework problems (Problems 37...
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Friday, April 30, 2010

Max Planck and Blackbody Radiation

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Max Planck is one of the founders of quantum mechanics , and the fundamental constant governing all quantum phenomena bears his name. His h...
Friday, April 23, 2010

Therapeutic Touch

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Therapeutic touch is a “healing technique” in which a therapist places their hands near a patient and detects or manipulates the patient’s ...
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Friday, April 16, 2010

PHY 530, Bioelectric Phenomena

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This week I finished up my PHY 530 class (Bioelectric Phenomena), which I discussed once before in this blog. Rather than adopting a textbo...
Friday, April 9, 2010

Galileo's Daughter

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Galileo's Daughter , by Dava Sobel. As is my habit, I listen to recorded books when I walk my dog Suki each day. Recently, I listen...
Friday, April 2, 2010

Kids: Don’t Try This At Home

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Russ Hobbie and I included a new chapter on sound and ultrasound in the 4th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology . In t...
Friday, March 26, 2010

Erwin Neher

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I subscribe to a monthly magazine, The Scientist , which was founded by Eugene Garfield (who also was a founder of the Science Citation Ind...