Physics for the modern world

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Medical applications of nuclear physics

Introduction to applications of nuclear physics

1 Medical imaging and diagnostics

2 Biological effects of ionizing radiation

2.1 Radiation protection

2.2 Problem-solving strategy

2.3 Dose from inhaled plutonium

2.4 Risk versus benefit

2.5 Section summary

2.6 Conceptual questions

2.7 Problems & Exercises

3 Therapeutic uses of ionizing radiation

3.1 Medical application

3.2 Section summary

3.3 Conceptual questions

3.4 Problems & Exercises

4 Food irradiation

4.1 Conceptual questions

5.1 Calculating energy and power from fusion

5.2 Section summary

5.3 Conceptual questions

5.4 Problems & Exercises

6.1 Section summary

6.2 Conceptual questions

6.3 Problem exercises

7 Nuclear weapons

Vision and optical instruments

Introduction to vision and optical instruments

1 Physics of the eye

2 Vision correction

2.1 Section summary

2.2 Conceptual questions

2.3 Problem exercises

3 Color and color vision

3.1 Simple theory of color vision

3.2 Color constancy and a modified theory of color vision

3.3 Section summary

3.4 Conceptual questions

6.1 Section summary

6.2 Conceptual questions

6.3 Problem exercises

Electric currents, resistance and ohm's law

Introduction to electric current, resistance, and ohm's law

2 Ohm’s law: resistance and simple circuits

3 Resistance and resistivity

4 Electric power and energy

5 Alternating current versus direct current

6 Electric hazards and the human body

7 Nerve conduction–electrocardiograms

Electric forces in biology

Electric forces in biology

Physics of hearing

Introduction to the physics of hearing

2 Speed of sound, frequency, and wavelength

2.1 Section summary

2.2 Conceptual questions

2.3 Problems & Exercises

3 Sound intensity and sound level

4 Doppler effect and sonic booms

5 Sound interference and resonance: standing waves in air columns

6.1 Section summary

6.2 Conceptual questions

6.3 Problems & Exercises

7.1 Ultrasound in medical therapy

7.2 Ultrasound in medical diagnostics

7.3 Calculate velocity of blood: doppler-shifted ultrasound

7.4 Section summary

7.5 Conceptual questions

7.6 Problems & Exercises

Pressures in the body

Pressures in the body

0.1 Pressure in the body

0.2 Blood pressure

0.3 Pressure in the eye

0.4 Pressure associated with the lungs

0.5 Other pressures in the body

0.6 Spinal column and skull

0.7 Bladder pressure

0.8 Pressures in the skeletal system

0.9 Section summary

0.10 Problems & Exercises

Work, energy, and energy resources

Introduction to work, energy, and energy resources

1 Work: the scientific definition

2 Kinetic energy and the work-energy theorem

3 Conservative forces and potential energy

4 Nonconservative forces

4.1 Nonconservative forces and friction

4.2 How nonconservative forces affect mechanical energy

4.3 How the work-energy theorem applies

4.4 Applying energy conservation with nonconservative forces

4.5 Section summary

4.6 Problems & Exercises

5 Conservation of energy

7 Work, energy, and power in humans

8 World energy use

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