Friday, January 25, 2013

Aliasing

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In Chapter 11 of the 4th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I discuss aliasing . If a component [...
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Friday, January 18, 2013

The Magic Angle

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I recently found another error in the 4th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology . In Chapter 18 about magnetic resonance ...
Friday, January 11, 2013

5th Edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology

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Russ Hobbie and I are starting to talk about a 5th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , and we need your help. We wou...
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Friday, January 4, 2013

Non-Dynamical Stochastic Resonance: Theory and Experiments with White and Arbitrarily Coloured Noise

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Section 11.18 of the 4th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology contains a discussion of stochastic resonance . This is a...
Friday, December 28, 2012

Determining the Site of Stimulation During Magnetic Stimulation of a Peripheral Nerve

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As December draws to a close and I reflect on all that’s happened over the last twelve months, I conclude that 2012 has been a good year. Fo...
Friday, December 21, 2012

Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

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With Christmas approaching, my attention naturally turns to the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures . The Royal Institution (Ri) website s...
Friday, December 14, 2012

Dynamics: The Geometry of Behavior

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Dynamics: The Geometry of Behavior , by Ralph Abraham and Christopher Shaw. When I was working at the National Institutes of Health in...
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Friday, December 7, 2012

Lord Rayleigh, Biological Physicist

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Theory of Sound , by Lord Rayleigh. I am a big fan of Victorian physicists. Among my heroes are Faraday , Maxwell , and Kelvin . Anoth...
Friday, November 30, 2012

A Dangerous Error in the Dilution of 25 Percent Albumin

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In Problem 5 in Chapter 5 of the 4th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I consider what happens if ...
Friday, November 23, 2012

Marie Curie

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Marie Curie (1867–1934) is one of the few scientists who received two Nobel Prizes : for Physics in 1903, and for Chemistry in 1911. Russ H...