The Science of Photobiology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Photophysics

   • Leonard I. Grossweiner

   Pages 1-45

3. Photochemistry

   • Leonard I. Grossweiner, Kendric C. Smith

   Pages 47-78

4. Photosensitization

   • John D. Spikes

   Pages 79-110

5. UV Radiation Effects

   • Kendric C. Smith

   Pages 111-133

6. Environmental Photobiology

   • Ronald Robberecht

   Pages 135-154

7. Photomedicine

   • John H. Epstein

   Pages 155-192

8. Circadian Rhythms

   • Jerry F. Feldman

   Pages 193-213

9. Extraretinal Photoreception

   • Michael Menaker

   Pages 215-230

10. Vision

    • Edward A. Dratz

    Pages 231-271

11. Photomorphogenesis

    • Lee H. Pratt, Marie-Michèle Cordonnier

    Pages 273-304

12. Photomovement

    • Pill-Soon Song, Kenneth L. Poff

    Pages 305-346

13. Photosynthesis

    • David C. Fork

    Pages 347-390

14. Bioluminescence

    • John Lee

    Pages 391-417

15. Back Matter

    Pages 419-426

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The first edition of The Science of Photobiology was published in 1977, and was the first textbook to cover all of the major areas of photobiology. The science of photobiology is currently divided into 14 subspecialty areas by the American Society for Photobiology. In this edition, however, the topics of phototechnology and spectroscopy have been com­ bined in a new chapter entitled "Photophysics." The other subspecialty areas remain the same, i.e., Photochemistry, Photosensitization, UV Radiation Effects, Environmental Photobiology, Photomedicine, Circadian Rhythms, Extraretinal Photoreception, Vision, Photomorphogenesis, Photomovement, Photosynthesis, and Bioluminescence. This book has been written as a textbook to introduce the science of photobiology to advanced undergraduate and graduate students. The chapters are written to provide a broad overview of each topic. They are designed to contain the amount of information that might be presented in a one-to two-hour general lecture. The references are not meant to be exhaustive, but key references are included to give students an entry into the literature. Frequently a more recent reference that reviews the literature will be cited rather than the first paper by the author making the original discovery. The chapters are not meant to be a repository of facts for research workers in the field, but rather are concerned with demon­ strating the importance of each specialty area of photobiology, and documenting its relevance to current and/or future problems of man.

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From reviews of the First Edition:
`This is a well-balanced, well-thought-out, and readable volume, and it will serve as a fine introduction ... It clearly belongs in all good college and university libraries.'
Choice

`... a successful attempt to introduce the interested reader to the field of photobiology.'
Photochemistry and Photobiology

`It is seldom that one can unreservedly recommend a book, but it is a pleasure to do so for this volume.'
The Photobiology

• Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, USA

  Kendric C. Smith

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