Alexander Gurwitsch, Alexander Gavrilovich Gurwitsch (1874 - 1954), a famous Russian biologist. He made a discovery of an ultraweak photon emission from the living systems (Biophotonics). He is a founder of morphogenetic field theory. Jump to: navigation, search 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Biophotonics is the science and technology of the interaction of photons within and on biological systems. ... A morphogenetic field (or morphic field), according to biologist Rupert Sheldrake, is a hypothetical biological (and potentially social) equivalent to an electromagnetic field that operates to shape the exact form of a living thing, as part of its epigenetics, and may also shape its behaviour and coordination with other beings. ...
Alexander Gavrilovich Gurwitsch (1874-1954), one of the most outstanding biologists of XX century, was in 1918-1924 a Professor of Histology in Taurida University.
The conference is adjusted to the 130 anniversary of Gurwitsch’s birthday and, at the same time, to the 100 anniversary of Academician Gleb Frank, a founder of the Institute of Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences.
Attending in 1920-24 the lectures in Taurida University, Frank was one of the closest Gurwitsch’s students and made an important contribution o the biophotonics.
In the 1920s, the Russian embryologist AlexanderGurwitsch reported "ultraweak" photon emissions from living tissues in the UV-range of the spectrum.
However, common biochemical techniques as well as the fact that cell growth can generally be stimulated and directed by radiation, though at much higher amplitudes, evoked a general skepticism about Gurwitsch´s assumption.
While they added some general chemistry to the hypothesis of photon emission, they did not address the more mysterious assumption of Gurwitsch that the photons themselves, forming the so-called mitogenic rays, stimulated cellular responses.
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