Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology

Friday, October 31, 2025

Madison Spach (1926–2025)

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Madison Stockton Spach died recently. An Instagram post by the account for the Duke Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship stated Very sad to rep...
Friday, October 24, 2025

Science Under Siege

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Science Under Siege , by Michael Mann and Peter Hotez. I recently finished reading Science Under Siege: How to Fight the Five Most Powerful ...
Friday, October 17, 2025

John Clarke Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics

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John Clarke UC Berkeley, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons This year the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to John Clarke , Michel Devor...
Friday, October 10, 2025

The Physics of Hearing

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Physics of the Body . My hearing is not what it used to be. It’s not terrible now; I still get along okay. But I find myself asking my wife ...
Friday, October 3, 2025

Trident Production

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The Study of Elementary Particles by the Photographic Method. In the 5th edition of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hob...
Friday, September 26, 2025

The Dollar and Dime Game

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Most mornings I take a walk to keep myself in shape. Usually I listen to an audiobook while walking, but for some reason my earbuds didn’t r...
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Friday, September 19, 2025

Maxwell's Spot

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One of my scientific heroes is James Clerk Maxwell . Maxwell (1831–1879) was a Scottish physicist known for developing Maxwell’s equations ...
Friday, September 12, 2025

Why Are There So Few Aerial Plankton?

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Air and Water , by Mark Denny . In his book Air and Water , Mark Denny asks an oddball question: Why are there so few aerial plankton? In ...
Friday, September 5, 2025

Does Stokes’ Law Hold for a Bubble?

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In Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology , Russ Hobbie and I discuss Stokes’ law . When a small sphere, of radius a , moves with sp...
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Friday, August 29, 2025

Approximate Analytical Solutions of the Bidomain Equations for Electrical Stimulation of Cardiac Tissue With Curving Fibers

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Russ Hobbie and I stress qualitative thinking, in addition to quantitative thinking, in Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology . Wha...
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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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