Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology

Friday, December 30, 2022

The Development of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

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When I worked at the National Institutes of Health , I studied transcranial magnetic stimulation . In Chapter 8 of Intermediate Physics for ...
Friday, December 23, 2022

Think Before You Calculate!

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I encourage students to build their qualitative problem solving skills by recasting equations in dimensionless variables, analyzing the lim...
Friday, December 16, 2022

Mark Hallett Festschrift

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Mark Hallett Last Monday I attended (over the internet) a Festschrift to honor the retirement of Mark Hallett from the intramural program ...
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Friday, December 9, 2022

Surface Tension

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Air and Water , by Mark Denny . In Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I don’t talk much about surface tension ...
Friday, December 2, 2022

The Neper

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When discussing the attenuation of sound in Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I write In acoustics, the att...
Friday, November 25, 2022

Reduced Mass

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In Section 14.4 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I discuss molecular energy levels . In particular, we e...
Friday, November 18, 2022

Randy Travis

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Forever and Ever, Amen , by Randy Travis . I’m a big fan of country music . After all, I was a graduate student in Music City: Nashville . I...
Friday, November 11, 2022

The Intellectual Immigration That Has Mattered Most to Biology

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The Eighth Day of Creation , by Horace Freeland Judson . In Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I analyze the ...
Friday, November 4, 2022

The International Day of Medical Physics, Held on Marie Curie's Birthday

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The poster for the 2022 International Day of Medical Physics Monday, November 7, is the International Day of Medical Physics . The purpose o...
Friday, October 28, 2022

The Boundary Layer

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In Chapter 1 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I introduce a concept from fluid dynamics called the bound...
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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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