Effects of Electromagnetic Radiation on Living Beings

The objective of this book is to show in detail how electromagnetic waves existing in the environment can affect the electrochemical currents present in the brains and bodies of living beings that serve to communicate with their internal organs as well as with other living beings.

Felix A. Farret has a bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Maria, in 1972 and 1976 respectively; specialist in Electronic Instrumentation from the Osaka Prefectural Industrial Research Institute, Japan, in 1975. MSc in harmonics in CCAT Transmission Lines from the University of Manchester, UMIST, England, in 1981. PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of London, Imperial College, England, in 1984. Member of the Imperial College of the University of London in Electrical Engineering since 1984 and Post-Doctorate in Alternative Energy Sources at the Colorado School of Mines, USA, in 2003. He is also the author of several chapters in national and international books mainly related to the Use of Renewable Energies and Alternative Energy, Power Electronics and Harmonics in Power Systems. He was a speaker on dozens of occasions in different countries dealing with electromagnetic radiation, alternative energy sources and new directions for generating renewable energy. He is currently a volunteer professor at the Department of Electrical Energy Processing at the Federal University of Santa Maria, RS-Brazil, where he has worked in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching since 1974. His main activity has been guiding research thesis and dissertations in a multidisciplinary educational environment related to Alternative Energy Sources, Industrial Electronics, Generation Quality, Electronics Instrumentation, Efficiency of Distributed Generation and Integration of Alternative Sources of Electrical Energy. In recent years, he has coordinated several scientific and technological projects with alternative energy sources that were transferred to Brazilian companies such as AES-South Energy Distributor, State Electric Energy Company, Hydroelectric Plant de Nova Palma, RGE Energy Distributor, CPFL and CCE Control Engineering Ltd. These projects are related to integration of small and distinct sources; voltage and speed control by load for induction generators; development of energy systems with PEM fuel cell stacks, minimization of harmonics in CCAT transmission systems, electromagnetism, maximization of the efficiency and power of photovoltaic generation and surface geothermal energy to optimize electrical energy consumption.