Friday, September 29, 2023

Decay Plus Input at a Constant Rate Revisited

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In Chapter 2 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I discuss the problem of decay plus input at a constant rat...
Friday, September 22, 2023

The Slide Rule

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In Chapter 2 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I discuss semilog plots , where the vertical axis is marked...
Friday, September 15, 2023

Meeting of Minds

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An episode of Meeting of Minds , with (l-r) Atilla the Hun, Emily Dickinson, host Steve Allen, Charles Darwin, and Galileo Galilei.   When I...
Friday, September 8, 2023

The Greatest Shortcoming of the Human Race is our Inability to Understand the Exponential Function

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Ten years ago yesterday, on September 7, 2013, Physicist Albert Bartlett died at the age of 90. Russ Hobbie and I mentioned Bartlett in C...
Friday, September 1, 2023

Is Japan's Plan to Release Radioactive Water into the Pacific Ocean Safe?

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When listening to NBC Nightly News on August 24, I heard Lester Holt discuss Japan ’s plan to release into the Pacific Ocean treated wast...
Friday, August 25, 2023

Oppose Federal Legislation That Would Protect Homeopathic Drugs From FDA Regulation

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In Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I don’t talk about homeopathy (thank goodness!). A homeopathic medicine...
Friday, August 18, 2023

Paul Maccabee (1944–2023)

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Paul Maccabee (1944–2023). Photo used with permission from the Downstate Health Sciences University website . My friend and collaborator Pau...
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Friday, August 11, 2023

The Connect Our Parks Act is Safe, but Maybe Not Wise

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Congress is currently considering the “ Connect Our Parks Act .” It is a bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an assess...
Friday, August 4, 2023

Philip Morse, Biological Physicist

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This Sunday is the 120th anniversary of the birth of American physicist Philip Morse (1903–1985). Russ Hobbie and I mention Morse in Chapt...