Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology

In Section 13.7 of the 4th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I discuss the medical uses of ultraso...

Last week’s blog entry was about the Gouy-Chapman model for a charged double layer at an electrode surface. The model is based on the Pois...

Sometimes when I am studying physics, I run across a model or equation with names attached to it, and I wonder “just who are these people?” ...

Mathematical Biology , by James Murray. In the 4th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I discus...

In the opening section of the 4th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I provide a table of common pr...

Euler: The Master of Us All , by William Dunham. Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler (1707–1783) is a fascinating man. I discussed him ...

In order to motivate the study of thermal physics , Chapter 3 of the 4th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology begins wi...

Quantum Physics , by Stephen Gasiorowicz. One of the standard topics in any modern physics class is blackbody radiation . Indeed, it wa...

Textbook of Medical Physiology , by Guyton and Hall. When Russ Hobbie and I need to cite a general physiology reference in the 4th edi...

I spent last weekend at Mackinac Island in northern Lake Huron . It’s an interesting little place that you reach by ferry and that does not...