Biophotons

1. Biophotons and Nonclassical Light

   • Q. Gu

   Pages 299-321

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2. Coherent Nature of Biophotons: Experimental Evidence and Phenomenological Model

   • R. P. Bajpai

   Pages 323-339

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3. Quantum Coherence and the Understanding of Life

   • G. J. Hyland

   Pages 341-358

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4. The Concepts of Coherence and ‘Binding Problem’ as Applied to Life and Consciousness Realms

   • M. Lipkind

   Pages 359-373

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5. Holism and Field Theories in Biology

   • M. Bischof

   Pages 375-394

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6. Coherence in Art and in the Physical Basis of Consciousness

   • F. Fröhlich

   Pages 395-404

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7. Back Matter

   Pages 405-414

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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.

• Biophoton
• amino acids
• cells
• fluorescence
• imaging
• living systems
• reaction

• Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

  Jiin-Ju Chang

• International Institute of Biophysics, Hombroich, Germany

  Jiin-Ju Chang, Fritz-Albert Popp

• Institute of Optical Devices, Technical University Ilmenau, Germany

  Joachim Fisch

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