{"product_id":"design-of-man-j-l-duncan-9780473370503","title":"Design of Man","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. L. Duncan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0473370506\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780473370503\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tractrix Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.00w x 0.32d","brand":"J. L. Duncan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440969789695,"sku":"9780473370503","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b04f34e3-9b1e-4248-b7f7-4b0b7deb1a68.jpg?v=1777187879","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/design-of-man-j-l-duncan-9780473370503","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}