Electromagnetism and Life - Hardcover

Becker, Robert O.; Marino, Andrew A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0873955609 ISBN 13: 9780873955607

Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr, 1982

Synopsis

Book by Becker, Robert O., Marino, Andrew A.

About this title

About the Author:

Andrew Marino is a biophysicist and attorney with a special interest in the scientific and societal implications of the ubiquitous presence of electromagnetic energy in the environmental and workplace environments. He has co-authored several hundred publications in the area over the last forty years. He is married and the father of four children.

Review:

“The book deals with a subject that has long been highly controversial, with the majority maintaining, as the authors indicate, that no adverse effects of the weaker electromagnetic fields were known. And yet, with the increasingly demonstrated natural roles of such fields in physiology and behavior, it has become evident that, with more knowledge, these fields can be manipulated for either good or evil. I am delighted to see a work prepared be an internationally recognized pioneer, along with a working colleague, on demonstrable effects of such fields. No one else in the United States is more qualified to evaluate the abundant medical research information that is available, particularly the voluminous Russian literature. Modern technology has been advancing so rapidly that adequate opportunity for cautionary investigations of the biological effects of the accompanying electromagnetic fields has been unavailable. Now, belatedly, scientists and the public must be told that the diverse electromagnetic advances have not come free; they are mixed blessings. And while science and industry vigorously promote the benefits of their products, far too little attention has been devoted to side-effects that are, not only often less than beneficial, but even harmful. Becker and Marino are generously performing an important public service. In a sense they are doing for electromagnetic pollution what Carson’s Silent Spring did for the chemical. As the authors point out, public impatience is forcing a continuing role of man, and indeed all life, to serve as guinea pigs in a steadily ongoing experiment. It is critical that observations and experiments be always conducted and competently and objectively appraised. This requires knowledge such as this book provides.” ― Frank A. Brown

About this edition

• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0873955609
• ISBN 13: 9780873955607
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 211