Research on biological effects of nonionizing radiations: Contributions on biological properties, field interactions, and dosimetry
✍ Scribed by Dr. H. P. Schwan
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 774 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0197-8462
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✦ Synopsis
The Bioelectromagnetics Society has grown rapidly during the 7 years of its existence. It is now the society of choice for scientists and physicians that specialize in advancement of theory and applicatj on of nonionizing electromagnetic fields in relation to biological materials and living systems. Its large and outstanding annual meeting has become a major national event. To receive the d'Arsonval Medal is therefore a signal honor, and I am immensely proud to have been chosen its first recipient. The Bioelectromagnetics Socil:ty has many members of equal merit, and I presume that I was the first chosen for recognition because of my long tenure in the field. Indeed, since 1937, when I entered the Institute for Physical Foundations of Medicine in Frankfurt, known now as th: Max Planck Institute for Biophysics, I have had an abiding interest in the dielectric ,and acoustic properties of, and field interactions with, biological systems.
Extremely rare is the academician--scientist that achieves recognition for works accomplished in isolation. I am not the exception. I have been fortunate in being able to attract to my laboratory and to the discipline of biophysics a large number of highly gifted graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, research associates, and faculty colleagues. It is the sum of their respective contributions that has enabled me to contribute to the macroscopic, microscopic, and submicroscopic aspects of the field. I shall name but a few of many outstandmg individuals: