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Design in nature : how the constructal law governs evolution in biology, geophysics, technology, and social organization
- Title
- Design in nature : how the constructal law governs evolution in biology, geophysics, technology, and social organization / Adrian Bejan and J. Peder Zane.
- Author
- Bejan, Adrian, 1948-
- Publication
- New York : Doubleday, c2012.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Zane, J. Peder.
- Description
- vii, 296 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Subject
- Pattern formation (Physical sciences)
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-280) and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JBE 18-666
- ISBN
- 9780385534611
- 0385534612
- LCCN
- 2011015398
- OCLC
- 2011015398
- Author
- Bejan, Adrian, 1948-
- Title
- Design in nature : how the constructal law governs evolution in biology, geophysics, technology, and social organization / Adrian Bejan and J. Peder Zane.
- Imprint
- New York : Doubleday, c2012.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-280) and index.
- Added Author
- Zane, J. Peder.
- Research Call Number
- JBE 18-666