Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology

Friday, June 24, 2022

Specific Heat Capacity

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One of the most important parameters in thermodynamics is the specific heat capacity . In Chapter 3 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine a...
Friday, June 17, 2022

Limping

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In Chapter 1 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I discuss biomechanics . One of our most important examples...
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Friday, June 10, 2022

The Genetics of Cystic Fibrosis

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In Appendix H of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I briefly mention the severe lung disease cystic fibrosis ...
Friday, June 3, 2022

Roger Bacon, Biological Physicist

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The Story of Civilization , by Will and Ariel Durant . About a year ago I began reading the eleven-volume series The Story of Civilization ...
Friday, May 27, 2022

Radiology in Our Changing Climate: A Call to Action

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Schoen et al. (2021) “Radiology in Our Changing Climate: A Call to Action,” JACR , 18:1041–1043. Lately I’ve been thinking more and more ab...
Friday, May 20, 2022

Using the Mechanical Bidomain Model to Analyze the Biomechanical Behavior of Cardiomyocytes

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During the decade of 2010–2020, my research shifted from bioelectricity and biomagnetism to biomechanics and mechanotransduction . I too...
Friday, May 13, 2022

Aquaporins and Peter Agre

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In Chapter 5 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I mention aquaporins , a type of membrane channel. In a fo...
Friday, May 6, 2022

Are Electromagnetic Fields Making Me Ill? How Electricity and Magnetism Affect Our Health

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Are Electromagnetic Fields Making Me Ill? How Electricity and Magnetism Affect Our Health , by Brad Roth Big News! This week Springer publi...
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Friday, April 29, 2022

How the Attenuation of Light Depends on Wavelength

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Air and Water , by Mark Denny . In Chapter 14 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I discuss the absorption o...
Friday, April 22, 2022

So Simple a Beginning

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So Simple a Beginning , by Raghuveer Parthasarathy . My friend Raghuveer (Raghu) Parthasarathy (author of the blog The Eighteenth Elephant ...
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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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