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Design in nature : how the constructal law governs evolution in biology, physics, technology, and social organization / Adrian Bejan and J. Peder Zane.
- Description: vii, 296 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Doubleday, c2012.
- ISBN: 9780385534611 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 0385534612 (hbk.)
Available copies
- 6 copies at NOBLE (All Libraries).
Current holds
0 current holds with 6 total copies.
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly Main | Adult Nonfiction | Q 172.5 .C45 B45 2012 (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Bunker Hill Community College | Stacks | Q172.5 .C45 B45 2012 (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Danvers | Adult Nonfiction | Q 172.5 C45 B45 2012 (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Gloucester | Adult Nonfiction | 500/Bejan (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Northern Essex - Lawrence Campus | Stacks | Q172.5.C45 B45 2012 (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Peabody Main | Adult Nonfiction | NEW Q 172.5 .C45 B45 2011 (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| 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. |
| Summary: | 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. |
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Pattern formation (Physical sciences) |
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