Design of Man (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780473370503)

Wit and wisdom . . . and engineering. Engineers create models of natural processes in order to build the world we live in. Resonance, natural frequency, design, controls-no one understands the physical world like an engineer. But can engineering tell us anything about human nature? In this short and witty book, author J L Duncan explores the analogues between human behaviour and physical processes. Do individuals have a natural frequency? Can we be predicted and modified? And if Tesla thought he could make a building fall down by pushing it at just at the right intervals, can subtly timed irritations make a human being go to pieces? The quest is speculative, entertaining, and not at all meant to instruct-though it may accidentally do so, just a little.

Author: J. L. Duncan
ISBN-10: 0473370506
ISBN-13: 9780473370503
Publisher: Tractrix Publishing
Language: English
Published: 11/30/2016
Pages: 150
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.34lbs
Size: 7.99h x 5.00w x 0.32d