Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology

Friday, June 27, 2014

Microscopes

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The microscope is one of the most widely used instruments in science. Microscopy is a huge subject, and I am definitely not an expert. Rus...
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Friday, June 20, 2014

The Airy Disk

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I hate to find errors in the 4th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology . When we do find any, Russ Hobbie and I let our ...
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Friday, June 13, 2014

Physics Research & Education: The Complex Intersection of Biology and Physics

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This morning, I am heading home after a productive week at a Gordon Research Conference about “Physics Research and Education: The Complex ...
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Friday, June 6, 2014

Plant Physics

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Perhaps the 4th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology should have a different title. It really should be Intermediate Ph...
Friday, May 30, 2014

Pierre Auger and Lise Meitner

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Last week in this blog, I discussed Auger electrons and their role in determining the radiation dose to biological tissue. This week, I wou...
Friday, May 23, 2014

The Amazing World of Auger Electrons

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When analyzing how ionizing radiation interacts with biological tissue, one important issue is the role of Auger electrons . In the 4th edi...
Friday, May 16, 2014

Paul Callaghan (1947-2012)

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Principles of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Microscopy , by Pual Callaghan. Russ Hobbie and I are hard at work on the 5th edition of Int...
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Friday, May 9, 2014

Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the IEEE TBME

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IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering . One journal that I have published in several times is the IEEE Transactions on Biomedical...
Friday, May 2, 2014

Research and Education at the Crossroads of Biology and Physics

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The May issue of the American Journal of Physics (my favorite journal) is a “theme issue” devoted to Research and Education at the Crossro...
Friday, April 25, 2014

Bernard Cohen and the Risk of Low Level Radiation

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In the 4th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I discuss the work of physicist Bernard Cohen (1924-...
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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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