Pulse
| Title | Pulse
the next frontier; how nature is inspiring the technology of the 21st century |
|---|---|
| Author | Robert Frenay |
| Publication | Little, Brown |
| Size | XXV, 545p |
| Language |  ENG |
| ISBN | 0316640514 |
| Topics |
Discoveries in science Technological forecasting Technological innovations--Popular works Technology and civilization Bionics Social change--Through science and technology |
| Notes | Frenay left his editing position at Audubon to work on his first book, Pulse: The Coming Age of Systems and Machines Inspired by Living Things (also published with the title Pulse: How Nature is inspiring the technology of the 21st century). The book was published in 2006. Frenay also maintained a website where the entire text of his book was available for free online along with links to the original sources in the text, relevant websites and frequent posts from the author and others regarding the various subjects of the book: environmentalism, anti-corporatism, green machine mentality, ecology, environmental thinking, etc. The book covered a number of distinct topics, leading reviewer Aparna Sreenivasan from the San Francisco Chronicle to write that "there is no question that a lot of solid research went into compiling these fascinating stories. The main criticism is that the many ideas that Frenay describes sometime seem to lack a common thread." [wikipedia] "PULSE is a book of ideas, a philosophy disguised as pop science. While it offers gee-whiz stories about cutting-edge technology, these stories are also meant as parables. Like Aesop’s fables, they aim to illustrate something more—in this case the core dynamics of how living systems work" [author's website] |
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