BiophotonsJiin-Ju Chang, Joachim Fisch, Fritz-Albert Popp It is now well established that all living systems emit a weak but permanent photon flux in the visible and ultraviolet range. This biophoton emission is correlated with many, if not all, biological and physiological functions. There are indications of a hitherto-overlooked information channel within the living system. Biophotons may trigger chemical reactivity in cells, growth control, differentiation and intercellular communication, i.e. biological rhythms. The basic experimental and theoretical framework, the technical problems and the wide field of applications in the food industry, medicine, pharmacology, environmental science and basic sciences are presented in this book, which also includes the rapidly growing literature. This book is written by the most outstanding international scientists familiar with this topic who have been working in this field for many years. |
Contents
Weak light emission from bacteria and their interaction with culture media | 19 |
R Vogel and R Süßmuth 19 | 42 |
Experimental examination on the possible optical interaction between | 56 |
A powerful light trapping system | 79 |
Weak photon emission of nonlinear chemical reactions of amino acids | 93 |
Coherence and biophoton emission as investigated on Acetabularia Acetabulum | 109 |
Measuring weak light signals not far from the noise level | 143 |
Wholebody counting of biophotons and its relation to biological rhythms | 183 |
a possible mechanism based | 217 |
The physical background and the informational character | 239 |
Biophotons and nonclassical light | 298 |
experimental evidence | 323 |
Quantum coherence and the understanding of life | 340 |
The concepts of coherence and binding problem as applied to life | 359 |
Holism and field theories in biology | 375 |
Coherence in art and in the physical basis of consciousness | 395 |
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