Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology

Friday, November 26, 2010

Acetylcholine and Loewi’s Dream

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In 1936, Otto Loewi was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the role of acetylcholine and other chemic...
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Friday, November 19, 2010

Viral Outbreak: The Science of Emerging Disease

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Textbooks such as the 4th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology are essential for studying and learning a new topic, but...
Friday, November 12, 2010

Bionumbers

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One feature of the 4th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology that distinguishes it from many other medical or biological...
Friday, November 5, 2010

Seeing the Natural World with a Physicist’s Lens

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One theme of this blog—and indeed, one theme of the 4 th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology —is the role o...
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Friday, October 29, 2010

Iatrogenic Problems in End-Stage Renal Failure

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In Section 5.7 of the 4th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , where Russ Hobbie and I discuss the artificial kidney ...
Friday, October 22, 2010

Glimpses of Creatures in Their Physical Worlds

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Glimpses of Creatures in their Physical Worlds , by Steven Vogel. I am a loyal member of Sigma Xi , the Scientific Research Society, a...
Friday, October 15, 2010

Michael Faraday, Biological Physicist?

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Last week in this blog I discussed the greatest physicist of all time, Isaac Newton . However, if we narrow consideration to only experimen...
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Friday, October 8, 2010

Isaac Newton, Biological Physicist?

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Arguably the greatest physicist of all time (and probably the greatest scientist of all time) is Isaac Newton (1643–1727). Newton is so fam...
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Friday, October 1, 2010

Ultraviolet Light Causes Skin Cancer

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The New England Journal of Medicine is arguably the premier medical journal in the world. Russ Hobbie is a regular reader, and he sometime...
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Friday, September 24, 2010

Adrien-Marie Legendre

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On page 181 of the 4th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I introduce Legendre polynomials . The Le...
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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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