Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology

Friday, May 26, 2023

Terminal Speed of Microorganisms

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A Paramecium aurelia seen through an optical microscope. Source: Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Paramecium.jpg) Homework Pr...
Friday, May 19, 2023

Breathless

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Breathless , by David Quammen . Whenever David Quammen has a new book, I put it on my “to read” list. Recently I finished his latest: Breat...
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Friday, May 12, 2023

The Unscientific King: Charles III’s History Promoting Homeopathy

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King Charles III of England was crowned this week. What’s that got to do with Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology ? Well, the k...
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Friday, May 5, 2023

Plans for a 6th Edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology

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Thank you for your interest in the 5th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology . We’re considering a 6th edition and we wou...
Friday, April 28, 2023

Biomagnetism: The First Sixty Years

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Roth, B. J., 2023, Biomagnetism: The first sixty years . Sensors , 23:4218. The last two blog posts have dealt with biomagnetism : the ma...
Friday, April 21, 2023

The Magnetic Field Associated with a Plane Wave Front Propagating Through Cardiac Tissue

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When I was on the faculty at Vanderbilt University , my student Marcella Woods and I examined the magnetic field produced by electrical act...
Friday, April 14, 2023

The Magnetoencephalogram is Not Sensitive to a Radial Dipole

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One of the key limitations of the magnetoencephalogram (MEG) is that it’s not sensitive to a radial dipole. What does this mean? The MEG is...
Friday, April 7, 2023

I’ve Got Covid

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For three years I’ve dodged the bullet, but no more; I have covid . I’m doing fine, thank you. For me the symptoms were similar to a moderat...
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Friday, March 31, 2023

Should Exclamation Points Be Used in Scientific Writing? Yes!

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Exclamation points are rare in scientific writing, but I like them. Occasionally Russ Hobbie and I use them in Intermediate Physics for Me...
Friday, March 24, 2023

Three New Reviews

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Over the last couple years, I’ve been writing lots of review articles. In the last few weeks three have been published. All of them are open...
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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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