Description
Book SynopsisBiophoton emission now belongs to a topical field of modern science: It concerns a weak light emision from biological systems. Such molecular events are clearly compatible with collective phenomena as shown by recent developments in the life sciences such as the chaos theory. This book is concerned with the “optical window” of biological interactions and in view of their correlations to many biological functions they provide a powerful, non-invasive tool of analysing biological systems. Topics include food science, pollution, efficacy of drugs including the treatment of cancer and immune diseases, and communication phenomena such as consciousness.The collection of articles in this book covers the historical background, the physics of biophoton emission, those biological phenomena which show evidence of a “holistic” character, and finally discusses applications and biological evolution. This volume serves to bring researchers up-to-date on the subject and draws attention to the many exciting findings that are widely scattered in the scientific literature.
Table of ContentsMitogenetic radiation (ultraweak ultraviolet luminescence of biological systems) as an evidence of non-equilibrial properties of a living matter, A.A. Gurwitsch; can the vitalistic entelechia principle be a working instrument?, M. Lipkind; some essential problems of biophoton research and probable answers, F.A. Popp; quantum theory of biophoton emission, Q. Gu; experimental evidence of ultraweak photon emission from normal and tumour tissues, F. Musumeci et al; biophoton re-emission studies in carcinogenic mouse melanoma cells, H. Niggli; ultraweak luminescence studies of microsporogenesis in larch, B.W. Chwirot; population density dependence of biophoton emission from daphnia, M. Galle; nonlinear rescattering of biophotons from cress seeds, R. Neurohr; biophoton measurement as a supplement to the hitherto consideration of food quality, K. Lambing; and others.
