Bibliograph

Design in nature, how the constructal law governs evolution in biology, physics, technology, and social organization, Adrian Bejan and J. Peder Zane

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Design in nature, how the constructal law governs evolution in biology, physics, technology, and social organization, Adrian Bejan and J. Peder Zane

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-280) and index

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illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Design in nature

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

727610563

Responsibility statement

Adrian Bejan and J. Peder Zane

Sub title

how the constructal law governs evolution in biology, physics, technology, and social organization

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

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

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