The Science of Photobiology

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. Front Matter....Pages i-viii Photophysics....Pages 1-45 Photochemistry....Pages 47-78 Photosensitization....Pages 79-110 UV Radiation Effects....Pages 111-133 Environmental Photobiology....Pages 135-154 Photomedicine....Pages 155-192 Circadian Rhythms....Pages 193-213 Extraretinal Photoreception....Pages 215-230 Vision....Pages 231-271 Photomorphogenesis....Pages 273-304 Photomovement....Pages 305-346 Photosynthesis....Pages 347-390 Bioluminescence....Pages 391-417 Back Matter....Pages 419-426 Introductory textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. Chapters provide a broad overview of each topic the amount of information that might be presented in a one- to two-hour general lecture. Key references are included to give students an entry into the literature. Annotation copyr