Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology

I know that there are very few people out there interested in reading a blog about physics applied to medicine and biology. But those few (t...

Two of my favorite homework problems in the 4th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology are Problems 39 and 40 in Chapter ...

Naked to the Bone: Medical Imaging in the Twentieth Century , by Bettyann Kevles. I recently finished reading Bettyann Kevles ’ excel...

This week I have been on vacation, including a trip to Kansas City to see relatives and a visit to the Grand Canyon. So, I don’t have much t...

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...

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 ...

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

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

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

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