Design in Nature
How the Constructal Law Governs Evolution in Biology, Physics, Technology, and Social Organization
New York : Doubleday, [2012]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: vii, 296 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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-- Source other than Library of Congress.
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.
ISBN:
9780385534611 (hbk.)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SCIENCE Bej | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-280) and index.