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

• Main Authors: Bejan, Adrian, 1948- (Author), Zane, J. Peder, 1962- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Anchor Books, 2013
• Edition: 1st Anchor Books ed.
• Subjects: přírodní vědy; přírodní zákony; fyzikální zákony; evoluce (biologie); design; vzory (motivy); geometrické proporce; forma (filozofie); filozofie přírody; natural sciences; natural laws; physical laws; evolution (biology); patterns (design elements); geometric proportions; form (philosophy); philosophy of nature; pojednání; essays
• ISBN: 9780307744340
• Physical Description: vii, 296 s. : il. ; 25 cm

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