The Legacy of a Genius: Fundamental and Applied Aspects (On the 100th Anniversary of A.M. Ugolev’s Birth)

The article highlights the life and professional path of A.M. Ugolev, his achievements in science: the discovery of membrane digestion, the establishment of the role of endogenous microbiocenosis in the physiology and pathology of the body, the developed theory of adequate nutrition, the theory of the unity of natural and artificial technologies, the theory of universal functional blocks. In connection with his discovery of the general patterns and mechanisms of assimilation of food, their inclusion in higher supra-organizational regulatory levels is explained by A.M. Ugolev, a new science of food was proposed, nutrition and trophic relationships at all levels of life development from cellular to biospheric - trophology. From the standpoint of trophology, the circulation of substances in nature is explained, the need to introduce the concept of “biological culture” as a set of all types of cultures (ecological, physical, spiritual, moral, etc.) that determine the correct human behavior in the biosphere during its transition to the noosphere.