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About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-10
0374113270
ISBN-13
9780374113278
eBay Product ID (ePID)
48060263
Product Key Features
Book Title
Pulse : the Coming Age of Systems and Machines Inspired by Living Things
Number of Pages
545 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Biotechnology, Environmental Conservation & Protection
Publication Year
2006
Genre
Nature, Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.6 in
Item Weight
31.9 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2005-022285
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
660.6
Edition Description
Annotated edition
Synopsis
Pulse is not about dance music, not about heart rates-and not about electromagnetic fields. What it does describe is a sea change in human affairs, a vast and fundamental shift that is about to transform every aspect of our lives. Written in lively prose for lay readers, Pulse shows how ideas that have shaped Western science, industry, and culture for centuries are being displaced by the rapid and dramatic rise of a "new biology"-by human systems and machines that work like living things. In Pulse, Robert Frenay details the coming world of emotional computers ships that swim like fish hard, soft, and wet artificial life money that mimics the energy flows in nature evolution at warp speed And these are not blue-sky dreams. By using hundreds of vivid and concrete examples of cutting-edge work, Frenay showcases the brilliant innovations and often colorful personalities now giving birth to a radical new future. Along the way, he also offers thoughtful conclusions on the promises-and dangers-of our transformation to the next great phase of "human cultural evolution.", "Pulse" is not about dance music, not about heart rates--and not about electromagnetic fields. What it does describe is a sea change in human affairs, a vast and fundamental shift that is about to transform every aspect of our lives. Written in lively prose for lay readers, Pulse shows how ideas that have shaped Western science, industry, and culture for centuries are being displaced by the rapid and dramatic rise of a "new biology"--by human systems and machines that work like living things. In "Pulse," Robert Frenay details the coming world of - emotional computers - ships that swim like fish - hard, soft, and wet artificial life - money that mimics the energy flows in nature - evolution at warp speed And these are not blue-sky dreams. By using hundreds of vivid and concrete examples of cutting-edge work, Frenay showcases the brilliant innovations and often colorful personalities now giving birth to a radical new future. Along the way, he also offers thoughtful conclusions on the promises--and dangers--of our transformation to the next great phase of "human cultural evolution.", Written in lively prose for lay readers, "Pulse" shows how ideas that have shaped Western science, industry, and culture for centuries are being displaced by the rapid and dramatic rise of a "new biology"--by human systems and machines that work like living things.
LC Classification Number
TA164.F74 2006
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