Alexander Gurwitsch

Alexander Gurwitsch
Born26 September 1874
Poltava, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire
Died27 July 1954 (1954-07-28) (aged 79)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Known forMorphogenetic Field Theory, Mitogenetic Radiation
Scientific career
FieldsDevelopmental biology

Alexander Gavrilovich Gurwitsch, sometimes Gurvich or Gurvitch (Russian: Александр Гаврилович Гурвич; 1874–1954) was a Russian and later Soviet biologist and medical scientist who originated the morphogenetic field theory and discovered the biophoton.[1]

  1. ^ Developmental Biology 8e Online: The "Re-discovery" of Morphogenic Fields Archived 2010-09-16 at the Wayback Machine