Friday, July 31, 2015

The Divergence Theorem and Stokes’ Theorem

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When preparing the 5th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I added a new homework problem to Chapter...
Friday, July 24, 2015

So You Don’t Like Error Functions?

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In Chapter 4 of the 5th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I introduce the diffusion equation (Equ...
Friday, July 17, 2015

Boston

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Boston , by Boston. I did something unusual for me last evening: I went to a rock concert. As a birthday present, my daughter Stephanie ...
Friday, July 10, 2015

The Machinery of Life

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The Machinery of Life , by David Goodsell. In the very first section of the 5th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biolog...
Friday, July 3, 2015

Fermi Problems and the Annual Background Radiation Dose from Potassium-40

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In the very first section of the 5th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I emphasize the importance ...
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Friday, June 26, 2015

The Electric Potential of a Rectangular Sheet of Charge - Resolved

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In the January 9 post of this blog, I challenged readers to find the electrical potential V ( z ) that will give you the electric field E (...
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Friday, June 19, 2015

Dr. Euler’s Fabulous Formula Cures Many Mathematical Ills

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Dr. Euler's Fabulous Formula , by Paul Nahin. I’ve decided that Leonhard Euler (1707-1783) is my favorite mathematician, and I’m m...
Friday, June 12, 2015

Circularly Polarized Excitation Pulses, Spin Lock, and T1ρ

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In Chapter 18 of the 5th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I discuss magnetic resonance imaging . ...
Friday, June 5, 2015

Robert Plonsey (1924-2015)

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Bioelectricity: A Quantitative Approach , by Plonsey and Barr. The eminent biomedical engineer Robert Plonsey died on March 14. Reader...
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Friday, May 29, 2015

Taylor's Series

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In Appendix D of the 5th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I review Taylor’s Series . Our Figures ...
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