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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Bejan, Adrian, 1948-     Subjects     Pattern formation (Physical sciences)     Browse Catalog     by author:      Bejan, Adrian, 1948-       by title:      Design in nature : h...         MARC Display

Design in nature : how the Constructal Law governs evolution in biology, physics, technology, and social organization / Adrian Bejan and J. Pedar Zane. by 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. Requests:  0 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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 500 Be Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 500 Bejan Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kailua-Kona Public Library Adult Nonfiction 500 Be Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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