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Bejan, Adrian, 1948-
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Pattern formation (Physical sciences)
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Design in nature : h...
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Design in nature : how the Constructal Law governs evolution in biology, physics, technology, and social organization / Adrian Bejan and J. Pedar Zane.
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Bejan, Adrian, 1948-
New York : Anchor Books, 2013.
Subjects
Pattern formation (Physical sciences)
ISBN:
9780307744340 (pbk.) :
0307744345
Description:
vii, 296 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Edition:
1st Anchor Books ed.
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 meet the slow and short -- The design of academia -- The golden ratio, vision, cognition, and culture -- The design of history.
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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.
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