Design in nature : how the constructal law governs evolution in biology, physics, technology, and social organization /
Bejan, Adrian, 1948-
Design in nature : how the constructal law governs evolution in biology, physics, technology, and social organization / Adrian Bejan and J. Peder Zane. - 1st ed. - New York : Doubleday, c2012. - vii, 296 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-280) and index.
The birth of flow -- The birth of design -- Animals on the move -- Witnessing evolution -- Seeing beyond the trees and the forest -- Why hierarchy reins -- The fast and long meets the slow and short -- The design of academia -- The golden ratio, vision, cognition, and culture -- The design of history.
Reveals how recurring patterns in nature are accounted for by a single governing principle of physics, explaining how all designs in the world from biological life to inanimate systems evolve in a sequence of ever-improving designs that facilitate flow--
9780385534611 (hbk.) 0385534612 (hbk.)
2011015398
Pattern formation (Physical sciences)
Q172.5.C45 / B45 2012
500
Design in nature : how the constructal law governs evolution in biology, physics, technology, and social organization / Adrian Bejan and J. Peder Zane. - 1st ed. - New York : Doubleday, c2012. - vii, 296 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-280) and index.
The birth of flow -- The birth of design -- Animals on the move -- Witnessing evolution -- Seeing beyond the trees and the forest -- Why hierarchy reins -- The fast and long meets the slow and short -- The design of academia -- The golden ratio, vision, cognition, and culture -- The design of history.
Reveals how recurring patterns in nature are accounted for by a single governing principle of physics, explaining how all designs in the world from biological life to inanimate systems evolve in a sequence of ever-improving designs that facilitate flow--
9780385534611 (hbk.) 0385534612 (hbk.)
2011015398
Pattern formation (Physical sciences)
Q172.5.C45 / B45 2012
500