Conscious Life

John S. Torday, MSc, PhD received his B.A. in Biology/English from Boston University (1968); MSc (1971) in Investigative Medicine, and PhD (1974) in Experimental Medicine from McGill University; Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Reproductive Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1976). He has held Faculty positions in the Departments of Pediatrics and Physiology, Harvard Medical School (1976-91); the Departments of Pediatrics and Gynecology, University of Maryland Medical School (1991-98); the Departments of Pediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Evolutionary Medicine, the University of California- Los Angeles where he is currently a full Professor of Pediatrics and Ob/Gyn and the Director of Guenther Laboratory for Cell-Molecular Biology. He is a member of numerous scientific societies, and is a Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (2018- present).

• Preface.- Introduction.- Part I Energy and Evolution: The Basis of Life.- Chapter 1 Fractals Reveal Life as Energy Flow.- Chapter 2 Cellular Evolution as the Flow of Energy.- Chapter 3 Evolution as Serial Homeostatic Control of Energy.- Chapter 4 Adaptation Through Internal Selection.- Chapter 5 Cellular Consciousness and Evolutionary Energy.- Part II Epigenetics: The Mechanism of Evolution.- Chapter 6 Natural Selection as an Epigenetic Inheritance Subset.- Chapter 7 Biological and Quantum Mechanisms in Epigenetic Evolution.- Chapter 8 Epigenetics and Energy Flow in Our Expanding Cosmos.- Chapter 9 Disease, Evolution, and Epigenetic Pathways.- Chapter 10 Subjective Age and Epigenetics.- Part III Life and Energy: Consciousness in Evolution.- Chapter 11 Consciousness as Energy.- Chapter 12 Quantum Entanglement in Consciousness and Unconsciousness.- Chapter 13 Quantum and Cellular Influences on Linguistic Evolution.- Chapter 14 Quantum Realities in Social Science.- Chapter 15 The Holism of Evolution as Consciousness.- Part IV Evolutionary Patterns: From Biology to Astronomy.- Chapter 16 Bridging Microcosm and Macrocosm with Fibonacci and the Golden Ratio.- Chapter 17 Fibonacci Rhythms in Nature and Cosmos.- Chapter 18 Aging and Energy in the Fibonacci Paradigm.- Chapter 19 Synchronicities, Cellular Consciousness, and Evolutionary Dynamics.- Chapter 20 The Unified Patterns of Emergence.- Epilogue.- Appendix.