Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology

Friday, September 29, 2017

James Mattiello, Medical Physicist (1958-2017)

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James Mattiello passed away on March 19, 2017, at the age of 59, in Utica, Michigan. Jim was a friend of mine from when we both worked at ...
Friday, September 22, 2017

The Beautiful Brain: The Drawings of Santiago Ramon y Cajal

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The Beautiful Brain: The Drawings of Santiago Ram รณ n y Cajal . An art exhibit titled “ The Beautiful Brain: The Drawings of Santiago R...
Friday, September 15, 2017

The Gompertz Mortality Function

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In Section 2.4 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I discuss exponential decay with a variable rate. If the...
Friday, September 8, 2017

The Goiania Accident

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Thirty years ago this week (September 13, 1987) a cesium-137 radiotherapy unit was taken from a abandoned hospital in Goiania Brazil , trig...
Friday, September 1, 2017

Anode Break Excitation

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Problem 57 in Chapter 6 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology analyzes anode break excitation . Problem 57 . When a squid nerv...
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Friday, August 25, 2017

David Goodsell

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The Machinery of Life , by David Goodsell. In Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I recommend the book The...
Friday, August 18, 2017

Tenth Anniversary of this Blog About Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology

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Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology . This week marks the tenth anniversary of this blog dedicated to the textbook Intermedia...
Friday, August 11, 2017

The Eclipse

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A total eclipse of the sun. On August 21, I’ll be viewing the total eclipse from a location just north of Kansas City . I’ve never seen ...
Friday, August 4, 2017

Machines In Our Hearts

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Machines in Our Hearts: The Cardiac Pacemaker, the Implantable Defibrillator, and American Health Care , by Kirk Jeffrey. In Chapter ...
Friday, July 28, 2017

Suki is Going Deaf

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Suki Roth, in front of a copy of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology . Suki is going deaf. She has not lost all her hearing ...
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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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