Pulse
The Coming Age of Systems and Machines Inspired by Living Things
FSG, 2006
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Concepts & Trends
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In this summary you will learn
- How biology is changing technology
- How researchers are developing systems and machines that function like life itself
- Why people must develop new, biologically based economic and monetary systems
Why you should read Pulse
This sprawling and fascinating book explores biology, technology, agriculture, neurology and economics, among other disciplines. It contends that systems and ways of thinking based on the machine age must and will change in light of new discoveries in biology. Robert Frenay provides prodigious research and some impressive reporting. One caveat: His discussion of economics and the monetary system seems to be based on somewhat arguable information about the workings of the Federal Reserve and the Eurodollar market. The author's passion for the subject of biology is clear, and getAbstract finds that much of what he says is interesting. The book is not so much a narrative as a catalogue of facts, experiments and initiatives in various fields, with an accompanying argument against today's corporations and monetary systems that will challenge executives and economists.
About the Author
Robert Frenay is a freelance writer living in New York. A former contributing editor for Audubon magazine, he covered developments in the interface of nature and technology.
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