Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology

Friday, June 28, 2024

Could Ocean Acidification Deafen Dolphins?

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In Chapter 13 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I discuss the attenuation of sound . Water transmits soun...
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Friday, June 21, 2024

Patrick Blackett and Pair Production

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Patrick Blackett . In Chapter 15 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I describe pair production . A photon ...
Friday, June 14, 2024

Bernard Leonard Cohen (1924–2012)

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The Nuclear Energy Option: An Alternative for the 90s . by Bernard Cohen. Today is the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of American nu...
Friday, June 7, 2024

The Magnetocardiogram

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I recently published a review in the American Institute of Physics journal Biophysics Reviews about the magnetocardiogram (Volume 5, Art...
Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Yesterday’s Attack on Dr. Anthony Fauci During his Testimony at the Congressional Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Angers Me

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Yesterday’s attack on Dr. Anthony Fauci during his testimony at the Congressional Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic angers me...
Friday, May 31, 2024

Can the Microwave Auditory Effect Be ‘Weaponized’

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“ Can the Microwave Auditory Effect be Weaponized?” I was recently reading Ken Foster , David Garrett , and Marvin Ziskin ’s paper “ Can the...
Friday, May 24, 2024

Magnetoelectrics For Biomedical Applications

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“ Magnetoelectrics for Biomedical Applications: 130 Years Later, Bridging Materials, Energy, and Life ” I’m always looking for new ways phys...
Friday, May 17, 2024

FLASH Radiotherapy: Newsflash, or Flash in the Pan?

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“FLASH Radiotherapy: Newsflash or Flash in the Pan?” ( Med. Phys. 46:4287–4290, 2019). I’ve always been a fan of the Point/Counterpoint arti...
Friday, May 10, 2024

Numerical Solution of the Quadratic Formula

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Homework Problem 7 in Chapter 11 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology examines fitting data to a straight line. In that problem...
Friday, May 3, 2024

The Well-Tempered Clavichord

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“ Prelude No. 1 ,” from the Well-Tempered Clavichord , by Johann Sebastian Bach . I played it (or tried to play it) back when I was 15 year...
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Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology
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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