Main description:

ARCHIVE COpy DO NOT REMOVE The public in industrialized countries shows a mounting concern about biological effects of electrical and magnetic fields. As a result, experimental studies on this subject are being published in increasing numbers throughout the world. Prof. H. L. Konig, of the Technical University of Munich, West Germany, a leading expert and pioneer in this field, has written an authoritative text in a lucid style which makes the material also accessible to lay readers. The book describes the effects of natural as well as artificial electromagnetic energies covering the en tire measurable frequency range from the highest frequencies, x-rays, through microwaves, radio waves, and finally extremely low frequency (ELF) waves. Cit ing the evidence from scientific studies in various countries, Konig also appraises the biologic effects of microwaves and high tension power lines, which have become controversial issues in recent years. Other contributions to the book have been made by Prof. Albert P. Krueger, University of California, Berkeley, on air ionization effects and by the mete orologist Walter Sonning on biometeorology, documenting the influence of atmo spheric electrical currents on health and disease. Moreover, the late Dr. Siegnot Lang, a former coworker of Dr. Konig, has contributed to this book.

Contents:

1 The Electromagnetic Environment.- 2 Electrophysical Forces of Natural Origin.- 3 Man-made Electromagnetic Fields and Ionizing Processes.- 4 Biologic Activity of Static and Low-frequency Fields.- 5 Project Seafarer.- 6 Biologic Activity of Higher-frequency Fields and Chemophysical Reactions.- 7 Biologic Activity of Electromagnetic Energies: General Considerations.- 8 Small Air Ions As Biologically Active Agents.- 9 Biometeorology.- 10 The Divining Rod Phenomenon.- 11 Electromagnetic Fields: Biologic Stress or Therapy?.- 12 Electromagnetic Energies in Man's Immediate Environment.- Appendixes.- A Technical and Electrophysical Terms.- B Parapsychological Observations.- C Acceleration.- D Heredity.- E Heliobiology.- F Conclusion of the Public Service Commission of the State of New York's Opinion #78-13 on 760-kV Transmission Lines.- List of References.