Health and Light: The Effects of Natural and Artificial Light on Man and Other Living Things [Paperback]

John N. Ott (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1972

The story of John Ott's discovery of the role light plays in sustaining physical health is one of the true scientific breakthroughs of the last half century. It is the story of an observant, intelligent man who acted upon his observations and then supported them with scientific exploration. Health and Light has led many people to a greater understanding of the subtle role light plays in maintaining physical and emotional health.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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About the Author

John Ott was the developer of time-lapse photography; much of his work was featured in Walt Disney nature films. While working on these projects, he discovered the importance of lighting in growing certain flowers. Experimenting, he discovered that exposure to light and other radiations also affects animal and human growth. His research is causing science to revise its opinions about the therapeutic benefits of light. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Devin-Adair Pub (April 1972)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0815957033
• ISBN-13: 978-0815957034
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,223,737 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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44 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars More Than Just Light, the Rainbow of Health, July 28, 2000

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Chris de Vries - See all my reviews

This review is from: Health and Light: The Effects of Natural and Artificial Light on Man and Other Living Things (Paperback)

John Nash Ott in his breakthrough book warns of the dangers of the overuse and under-regulation of modern electromagnetic technology. He also discusses the negative effects of digital watches, certain man made fibers such as polyester and vinyl, ionizing-type smoke detectors, certain types of fluorescent lighting, video display terminals, electronic fetal monitoring equipment in hospitals, and other high technology items. The book has easy-to-do demonstrations showing the relationship of colored lighting and the positive and negative effects that it can create. He links light, color and health.

30 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars amazing, March 28, 2007

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L. Van den Bempt (Antwerp, Belgium) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Health and Light: The extraordinary Study that Shows How light Affects Your Health and emotional well being. (Paperback)

This book is just amazing. Unless you have read this book, you have absolutely no idea to which extent light and more generally electromagnetic radiation influences our health and our life. If the knowlegde contained inside the pages of this book would be spread more widely, mankind would make vast improvements.

This book belongs in a list of books that are all written by pioneers in their particular field of study, and that would have huge implications if more people would have read them.

Do you want to be in control of your life? Do you want to understand, prevent and cure disease? Do you want to feel great not just physically, but mentally as well? Do you want to stop losing loved ones because of terrible diseases? Then read the following books: 'Nutrition And Physical Degeneration' by Weston A. Price, 'Enzyme Nutrition' by Edward Howell, 'The Truth About Children's Health' by Robert Bernardini, 'The Body Electric' by Robert Becker and 'Health And Light' by John Ott. If you have read these books, you will know much more about health than every doctor or scientist, but you will also have a much better understanding of industry, politics and society in general. Above all, you will have the power to change things for the better.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the orginal!!, June 26, 2007

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Diane Carder (Ferndale, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Health and Light: The extraordinary Study that Shows How light Affects Your Health and emotional well being. (Paperback)

Look no farther for information on the effects of light on humans and other living creatures. John Ott is the pioneer who discovered through his slow motion photography that the quality of light has a profound effect on all of us.