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MODULE D: Electromagnetism and its Biological Applications

• ELECTROMAGNETISM - Electrostatics, Coulomb's Law, Gauss' Law, Ampere's Law, Calculus of Vector Fields, Maxwell's Equations, Magnetic Fields & Magnetism in Matter, Magnetic Materials and their Properties, Electrochemical nature of the Central Nervous System (CNS) - origin of the EEG, Electrical disorders of the CNS: The nature of epilepsy, EEG, MEG

• RADIOACTIVITY - Fundamental aspects, Beneficial aspects (diagnostics: x-ray, CT scanning, radioactive dyes), Harmful aspects (exposure to radioactive sources, damage to cells and structures)

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