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100 1 _aBejan, Adrian,
_d1948-
245 1 0 _aDesign in nature :
_bhow the constructal law governs evolution in biology, physics, technology, and social organization /
_cAdrian Bejan and J. Peder Zane.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bDoubleday,
_cc2012.
300 _avii, 296 p. :
_bill. ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 277-280) and index.
505 0 _aThe 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.
520 _aReveals 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--
_cSource other than Library of Congress.
650 0 _aPattern formation (Physical sciences)
700 1 _aZane, J. Peder.
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