Title: Design in nature : how the constructal law governs evolution in biology, physics, technology, and social organization /
Authors: Bejan, Adrian, 1948-; Zane, J. Peder.
Year: 2013
Subjects: Pattern formation (Physical sciences); Evolution (Biology); Evolution (Biology); Pattern formation (Physical sciences)
Abstract: 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.
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.