Philip E. Hockberger's A History of Ultraviolet Photobiology for Humans, Animals and Microorganisms, published in the peer-reviewed journal Photochemistry and Photobiology in 2002, is a scholarly history covering Johann Wilhelm Ritter's 1801 discovery of the invisible chemical rays beyond violet light and the subsequent naming and study of ultraviolet radiation. Its authority rests on standard peer review in a specialist journal and on Hockberger's own background in photobiology research. It is a history of the science specifically, not a source for any symbolic or esoteric reading of light and color that later traditions built on that same physical phenomenon.
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Philip E. Hockberger's A History of Ultraviolet Photobiology for Humans, Animals and Microorganisms, published in the peer reviewed journal Photochemistry and Photobiology in 2002, the top tier reflecting standard peer review in a specialist journal and Hockberger's own background in photobiology research, covering Johann Wilhelm Ritter's 1801 discovery of ultraviolet radiation, notwithstanding that it is a history of the science specifically and not a source for any symbolic or esoteric reading of light and color that later traditions built on that same physical phenomenon. NotesPeer-reviewed history covering Johann Wilhelm Ritter's 1801 discovery of the invisible chemical rays beyond violet and the later naming of ultraviolet.
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AuthorPhilip E. Hockberger
PublisherPhotochemistry and Photobiology, vol. 76, no. 6
Publication Year2002
Source Typepeer-reviewed article
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