Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology

Friday, March 26, 2021

Cooling by Radiation

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In Chapter 14 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I discuss thermal radiation . If you’re a black body , th...
Friday, March 19, 2021

The Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill Pulse Sequence

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The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not “ Eureka! ” but “That ’s funny...”   — Isaac Asimo...
Friday, March 12, 2021

The Rest of the Story 2

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Hermann in 1848. The Rest of the Story Hermann was born in 1821 in Potsdam , Germany . He was often sick as a child, suffering from illnesse...
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Friday, March 5, 2021

Estimating the Properties of Water

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Water from:  www.middleschoolchemistry.com   I found a manuscript on the arXiv by Andrew Lucas about estimating macroscopic properties of...
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Friday, February 26, 2021

Bridging Physics and Biology Teaching Through Modeling

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In this blog, I often stress the value of toy models . I’m not the only one who feels this way. Anne-Marie Hoskinson and her colleagues sug...
Friday, February 19, 2021

Magnetic Coil Stimulation of Straight and Bent Amphibian and Mammalian Peripheral Nerve in Vitro: Locus of Excitation

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In this blog, I like to highlight important journal articles. One of my favorites is “ Magnetic Coil Stimulation of Straight and Bent Amphib...
Friday, February 12, 2021

A Mechanism for the Dip in the Strength-Interval Curve During Anodal Stimulation of Cardiac Tissue

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Scientific articles aren’t published until they’ve undergone peer review . When a manuscript is submitted to a scientific journal , the edi...
Friday, February 5, 2021

The Spectrum of Scattered X-Rays

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Chapter 15 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology discusses Compton Scattering . In this process, an x-ray photon scatters off a...
Friday, January 29, 2021

Stable Nuclei

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Fig. 17.2 in Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology . In Figure 17.2 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbi...
Friday, January 22, 2021

Oh Happy Day!

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Eric Lander Russ Hobbie and I hope that Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology will inspire young scientists to study at the inte...
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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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