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    Sunlight and Us
    Sunlight and Us
    Sunlight and Us
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    Sunlight and Us

    By John Hawk

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    Sunlight and Us by Professor John Hawk offers an enlightening journey into the profound and diverse effects of sunlight on human health and the environment. Drawing from his extensive career in dermatological photobiology, Hawk delves into the origins of sunlight, its vital role in our lives, and its dual nature as both a giver of life and a potential hazard.

    Through engaging narratives and scientific insights, Hawk navigates the complexities of sunlight’s impact on skin health, the intricacies of Vitamin D synthesis, and the global challenge of climate change. This work not only pays homage to the sun’s omnipresent influence but also underscores the delicate balance humanity must maintain with this powerful star.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAustin Macauley Publishers
    Release dateApr 26, 2024
    ISBN9781035810079
    Sunlight and Us
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    John Hawk

    Professor John Hawk, BSc, MD, FRCP, FRACP Hon, FACD, FRSA was Emeritus professor of dermatological photobiology at the St John’s Institute of Dermatology, King’s College, London. He trained medically, after being very near the top in the New Zealand end-of-school national scholarship examinations, at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand and dermatologically at the St John’s Institute of Dermatology, London, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. He has written multiple scientific papers, chapters and books, was for years a major dermatological journal editor, has been on many journal editorial boards, lectures extensively worldwide, initiated the English care-in-the-sun campaign, leading to his invited appearance in or on many frontline newspaper articles, radio and television programmes and even magazines, helping prevent many skin cancer deaths there and worldwide thereby. He revolutionised thought and treatment concerning the 30 or so non-cancer skin diseases caused by sunlight, reclassifying them, and frequently appeared in the public media on dermatological matters. He was the British Photodermatology Group founder and president, American Photomedicine Society’s co-founder, European Society for Photodermatology’s co-founder, president and Honorary Life Member, member of the prestigious American Dermatological Association and European Dermatology Forum invited member, 1990 Dermatology in the year 2000 International Conference Organising Committee Chairman, 2005 EADV Congress Deputy President, 2003 – 2006 EADV Scientific Committee President, UK Advertising Standards Authority Adviser, UK Statutory Committees Adviser, including NICE on Vitamin D, President of the Edinburgh 2014 World Congress on Cancers of the Skin, International Vice-President of the Sydney 2018 World Congress on Cancers of the Skin, and was an honorary fellow of a number of international dermatological societies. He was also a consulting physician to the migration department of the New Zealand High Commission for 23 years, is a member of the invitation-only Cook Society of academics and businessmen with Australasian and British interests and finally has been a very keen amateur cosmologist since childhood, had many sporting and cultural interests, being a life member of the Marylebone Cricket Club, member of the New Zealand Olympic Committee, former member of the Wentworth Golf Club, a keen skier and also speaking fluent French and excellent German. Professor John Hawk passed away 25th December 2022 and this book represents his final work.

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      Sunlight and Us - John Hawk

      About the Author

      Professor John Hawk, BSc, MD, FRCP, FRACP Hon, FACD, FRSA was Emeritus professor of dermatological photobiology at the St John’s Institute of Dermatology, King’s College, London. He trained medically, after being very near the top in the New Zealand end-of-school national scholarship examinations, at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand and dermatologically at the St John’s Institute of Dermatology, London, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. He has written multiple scientific papers, chapters and books, was for years a major dermatological journal editor, has been on many journal editorial boards, lectures extensively worldwide, initiated the English care-in-the-sun campaign, leading to his invited appearance in or on many frontline newspaper articles, radio and television programmes and even magazines, helping prevent many skin cancer deaths there and worldwide thereby. He revolutionised thought and treatment concerning the 30 or so non-cancer skin diseases caused by sunlight, reclassifying them, and frequently appeared in the public media on dermatological matters. He was the British Photodermatology Group founder and president, American Photomedicine Society’s co-founder, European Society for Photodermatology’s co-founder, president and Honorary Life Member, member of the prestigious American Dermatological Association and European Dermatology Forum invited member, 1990 Dermatology in the year 2000 International Conference Organising Committee Chairman, 2005 EADV Congress Deputy President, 2003 – 2006 EADV Scientific Committee President, UK Advertising Standards Authority Adviser, UK Statutory Committees Adviser, including NICE on Vitamin D, President of the Edinburgh 2014 World Congress on Cancers of the Skin, International Vice-President of the Sydney 2018 World Congress on Cancers of the Skin, and was an honorary fellow of a number of international dermatological societies. He was also a consulting physician to the migration department of the New Zealand High Commission for 23 years, is a member of the invitation-only Cook Society of academics and businessmen with Australasian and British interests and finally has been a very keen amateur cosmologist since childhood, had many sporting and cultural interests, being a life member of the Marylebone Cricket Club, member of the New Zealand Olympic Committee, former member of the Wentworth Golf Club, a keen skier and also speaking fluent French and excellent German. Professor John Hawk passed away 25th December 2022 and this book represents his final work.

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      John Hawk 2024

      The right of John Hawk to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by the author in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publishers.

      Any person who commits any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.

      The story, experiences, and words are the author’s alone.

      A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library.

      ISBN 9781035810048 (Paperback)

      ISBN 9781035810055 (Hardback)

      ISBN 9781035810079 (ePub e-book)

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      First Published 2024

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      Acknowledgement

      Many thanks to my dear wife, Lorna, who has encouraged this production, while also tolerating the disarray caused by this lengthy work, hopefully soon over.

      Particular thanks indeed too to my extremely enterprising older son, Simon, who has moved from being a professional cricketer to a sponsorship and promotional manager for major companies to an author of his own book to an amazing cartoonist to the creator of the majority of the figures in this book, much of it contemporaneously. Well done and much thanks again, Simon.

      Thanks, too, to my younger and also very successful son, Tim, who has quietly encouraged continuation of this production, even when my enthusiasm was lagging slightly.

      Thanks finally to my friend, George Hayter, a former journalist and most interesting and interested chap, who advised me about the book’s format and suitable publishers and similar. Many thanks again, George.

      Chapter One

      The Origin of Sunlight

      Before any full consideration of Sunlight and Us, it is logical first to consider how the universe itself is thought to have been formed, how our sun then developed from it and produced sunlight and how the Earth then developed, before a discussion of sunlight’s interaction with us in this current era, the subject of this book.

      13,800,000,000 (13.8 billion (or more precisely 13,799,000,000 +/- 21,000,000) years ago, according to and generally believed by cosmic physicists, the so-called Big Bang occurred at the beginning of and as the cause of both the space and also, perhaps unexpectedly, time of our universe. This was first suggested by Georges Lemaître in 1927, and supported thereafter by others, deduced from the rate of expansion of the universe, as assessed by Edwin Hubble’s analysis of the Doppler red shift of receding galaxies shortly after in 1929, and the presence of cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation, which has been noted throughout the universe. This presence is best explained

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