Design in Nature : : how the Constructal law Governs Evolution in Biology, Physics, Technology, and Social Organization
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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.
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.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Doubleday, c2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: vii, 296 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780385534611
0385534612
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Zane, J. Peder.
SUBJECTS
Pattern formation (Physical sciences)