Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology

Friday, January 27, 2017

The Genetic Effects of Radiation

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The Genetic Effects of Radiation , by Isaac Asimov. My local public library had their quarterly used book sale last weekend, and as ...
Friday, January 20, 2017

Manu Prakash and the Paperfuge

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Three years ago I wrote a blog post about a crazy Stanford engineer, Manu Prakash , who developed a paper origami microscope called “ fol...
Friday, January 13, 2017

Tony Barker receives the International Brain Stimulation Award

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In Chapter 8 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I discuss transcranial magnetic stimulation .  Since a ch...
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Friday, January 6, 2017

Neuroskeptic

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Over the Christmas break I discovered a blog written under the pen name Neuroskeptic . Neuroskeptic is a British neuroscientist who takes...
Friday, December 30, 2016

The Story of the World in 100 Species

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The Story of the World in 100 Species , by Christopher Lloyd. I recently finished reading The Story of the World in 100 Species . The ...
Friday, December 23, 2016

Implantable microcoils for intracortical magnetic stimulation

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When I worked at the National Institutes of Health in the 1990s, I studied transcranial magnetic stimulation . Russ Hobbie and I discuss m...
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Friday, December 16, 2016

Optical Magnetic Detection of Single-Neuron Action Potentials using Quantum Defects in Diamond

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A figure from Barry et al. , PNAS , 113:14133-14138, 2016. Last week in this blog , I discussed using a wire-wound toroid to measure th...
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Friday, December 9, 2016

Capabilities of a Toroid-Amplifier System for Magnetic Measurement of Current in Biological Tissue

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In Section 8.9 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I discuss the detection of weak magnetic fields. If the...
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Friday, December 2, 2016

The Millikan Oil Drop Experiment

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Selected Papers of Great American Physicists . When I was in college, I was given a book published by the American Institute of Physics...
Friday, November 25, 2016

Intermediate Physicist for Medicine and Biology

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In my more contemplative moments, I sometimes ponder: who am I? Or perhaps better: what am I? In my personal life I am many things: son, hus...
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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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