Photobiology: The Science of Life and Light Book

Preface.- The Nature of Light and its Interaction with Matter.- Principles and Nomenclature for the Quantification of Light.- Generation and Control of Light.- Measurement of Light.- Light as a Tool for Biologists: Recent Developments.- Terrestrial Daylight.- Underwater Light.- Action Spectroscopy in Biology.- Spectral Tuning in Biology.- The Phohemical Reactions in Biological Light Perception and Regulation.- The Diversity of Eye Optics.- The Evolution of Photosynthesis and its Environmental Impact.- Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting, Charge Separation and Photoprotection – The Primary Steps.- The Biological Clock and its Resetting by Light.- Photoperiodism of Insects and Other Animals.- Photomorphogenesis and Photoperiodism in Plants.- The Light-Dependent Magnetic Compass.- Phototoxicity.- Ozone Depletion and Effects of Ultraviolet-B (UV-B) Radiation.- Vitamin D: Photobiological and Ecological Aspects.- The Photobiology of Skin.- Light Treatment in Medicine.- Bioluminescence.- Some Hints for Class Experiments and Demonstrations in Photobiology.- The Amateur Scientist’s Spectrophotometer.- Index.