Im Enzyklopadieprojekt Wikipedia kooperieren hunderttausende Menschen; sie kommen mit einem minimalen Aufwand an Koordination aus. Das Ergebnis ist ein oeffentliches Gut, das oft sogar traditionellen Nachschlagewerken uberlegen ist. Klassische Theorien der Kooperation, wie Eigennutz oder Zusammenhalt durch starke gemeinsame Werte, versagen bei der Erklarung, warum sich so viele Menschen an Wikipedia beteiligen. Diesem Ratsel der Kooperation ist das Buch auf der Spur. Vor allem durch netzwerkanalytische Betrachtungen wird gezeigt, dass sich das Engagement durch eine Verortung im positionalen System reguliert. Folge davon ist nicht nur, dass einige Teilnehmer sehr viel Zeit mit der Mitarbeit an Wikipedia verbringen; ohne es zu wollen, wird hierdurch auch ein grosser Teil potenzieller Helfer ausgeschlossen. Die neuen Erklarungen fur Freiwilligenarbeit sind auch in anderen Bereichen des burgerschaftlichen Engagements von Bedeutung.

Over the past decade biophotonics has appeared as a new department within the academic structure across the globe. With experimental work going back for more than a century, application of the scientific method has shown the importance of biophotonics within biological and medical practice. At the same time, a new mathematical description of physics and biophysics has emerged. Self-Field Theory (SFT) describes the role of photon as a binding agent between an electron and a proton within atomic structures. SFT is being rapidly accepted by the physics community as a distinct physical theory. This is now an alternative view, in addition to classical electromagnetics and the quantum theories, that forms the basis of a chemical bond. Atomic chemistry underpins biochemistry, the pharmaceutical approach to medical therapy, and has been a staple of biological and medical knowledge over the 20th century. The biophoton within SFT provides another layer of structural organization that sits underneath atomic chemistry. This book is the first to describe SFTs role within biophotonics and as such provides a theory of biophotonics capable of describing a wide range of experimental biophotonic phenomena.

Inside the Photon: A Journey towards Health describes the newly discovered layer of biophotonics underlying all atomic chemistry and biochemistry. As with the variety of snowflakes, the range in biological species within flora for instance is dependent on this biophotonic layer of interaction within atomic and biomolecular structures. A new range of energies that can be balanced only within the biophotonic states are responsible for these innumerable varieties of biological species.

The phonon, the quantum of acoustic, or vibrational, energy is also described and given status alongside the photon. Hence the biophonon sits aside the biophoton as an element within biological structures. Sounds can create structure in the same way biophotons can use structure to communicate.

Therapies such as homeopathy, acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicines are given fresh impetus including putative understanding of mechanism. Mitosis is understood via the cell cycle and how electric, acoustic, and magnetic fields can induce changes at the biophotonic level. The possibility arises of medical therapy without invasive surgery and without the side effects of drug-based therapies."