Friday, January 29, 2016

The Number and Distribution of Capillaries in Muscles with Calculations of the Oxygen Pressure Head Necessary for Supplying the Tissue

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Oxygen diffuses from capillaries into tissue where it is used for metabolism. Russ Hobbie and I discuss diffusion in Chapter 4 of Interme...
Friday, January 22, 2016

A Brief History of Human Functional Brain Mapping

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In Chapter 18 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I describe functional magnetic resonance imaging . The t...
Friday, January 15, 2016

You Can Hear About a Nickel’s Worth of Difference

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In Chapter 13 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I describe a logarithmic scale for sound intensity : the ...
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Friday, January 8, 2016

Biomagnetism Therapy: Pseudoscientific Twaddle

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Voodoo Science , by Robert Park. Ever since Robert Park —author of Voodoo Science and the weekly column What’s New —suffered a stroke ...
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Friday, January 1, 2016

Charles Bean, Biological Physicist

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I’ve always been fascinated by physicists who move into biology, and I collect stories about scientists who have made this transition succes...
Friday, December 25, 2015

The Royal Institution's 2015 Christmas Lecutres: How to Survive in Space

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Michael Faraday lecturing at the Royal Institution. 190 years ago at the Royal Institution in London , Michael Faraday presented the ...
Friday, December 18, 2015

Star Wars

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With The Force Awakens opening in theaters, now is the perfect time to answer your questions about how Intermediate Physics for Medicine an...
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Friday, December 11, 2015

The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering

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The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering , by Sanjoy Mahajan. I recently read The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering , by ...
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Friday, December 4, 2015

A Mathematical Model of Make and Break Electrical Stimulation of Cardiac Tissue by a Unipolar Anode or Cathode

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“A Mathematical Model of Make and Break Electrical Stimulation of Cardiac Tissue by a Unipolar Anode or Cathode.” Suppose I was go...
Friday, November 27, 2015

Steven Vogel (1940-2015)

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Life in Moving Fluids , by Steven Vogel. Steven Vogel died on Tuesday. He was the author of several excellent books about the interfac...