Alexander Gurwitsch
Type: Person
As of November 2026, Alexander Gurwitsch has been mentioned in one podcast episode on Radiolab (Sep 2025). Nirosha Murugan recommended it: Nirosha describes finding the original papers and credits Gurwitsch’s experiments as the first instance suggesting biology emits light.
Alexander Gavrilovich Gurwitsch, sometimes Gurvich or Gurvitch was a Russian and later Soviet biologist and medical scientist who originated the morphogenetic field theory and discovered the biophoton.
| Mentioned in | 1 episode on 1 podcast (as of November 2026) |
|---|---|
| First heard | Sep 2025 on Radiolab |
| Role | Biologist (historical) |
| Affiliation | Not specified in episode (historically associated with early 20th-century biology research in Europe/Russia) |
Who talks about Alexander Gurwitsch on podcasts?
Molly Webster brought up Alexander Gurwitsch; the most recent mention was Sep 2025 on Radiolab.
- The Spark of Life | Radiolab Podcast on Radiolab (Sep 2025) — Molly Webster