Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology

Friday, October 9, 2015

Dolphins are not Sharks

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Flipper. I grew up watching the TV show Flipper , about a dophin . These curious creatures are mammals so they are warm blooded, but th...
Friday, October 2, 2015

Herman Carr, MRI pioneer

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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance , Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy , and Magnetic Resonance Imaging have resulted in Nobel Prizes to eight famo...
Friday, September 25, 2015

Polonium-210, The Perfect Poison

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Figure 17.27 in the 5th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology shows the decay series arising from the radioactive isoto...
Friday, September 18, 2015

Boltzmann’s Tomb

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Asimov’s Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology , by Isaac Asimov. In Chapter 3 of the 5th edition of Intermediate Physic...
Friday, September 11, 2015

Meselson, Stahl, and the Most Beautiful Experiment in Biology

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In Chapter 17 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I added a new homework problem to the 5th edition about th...
Friday, September 4, 2015

Learning Biology

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Suppose you are a physicist, mathematician, or engineer who wants to change your research direction toward biology and medicine. How do yo...
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Friday, August 28, 2015

Art Winfree and the Bidomain Model of Cardiac Tissue

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Art Winfree was a pioneer in applying physics and mathematics to cardiac electrophysiology . Russ Hobbie and I cite him often in the 5th e...
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Friday, August 21, 2015

The Coulter Counter

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In Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I often include applications of important topics in the homework problem...
Friday, August 14, 2015

The Psychic Probe

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Foundation , by Isaac Asimov. In the summer my wife and I sometimes take long car trips, and I often listen to audiobooks while I drive...
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Friday, August 7, 2015

Kramers’ Law

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When preparing the 5th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I added a homework problem about Kramers’...
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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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