{"product_id":"design-in-nature-how-the-constructal-law-governs-evolution-in-biology-physics-technology-and-social-organizations-paperback","title":"Design in Nature: How the Constructal Law Governs Evolution in Biology, Physics, Technology, and Social Organizations - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdrian Bejan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJ. Peder Zane\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this groundbreaking book, Adrian Bejan takes the recurring patterns in nature--trees, tributaries, air passages, neural networks, and lightning bolts--and reveals how a single principle of physics, the constructal law, accounts for the evolution of these and many other designs in our world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEverything--from biological life to inanimate systems--generates shape and structure and evolves in a sequence of ever-improving designs in order to facilitate flow. River basins, cardiovascular systems, and bolts of lightning are very efficient flow systems to move a current--of water, blood, or electricity. Likewise, the more complex architecture of animals evolve to cover greater distance per unit of useful energy, or increase their flow across the land. Such designs also appear in human organizations, like the hierarchical \"flowcharts\" or reporting structures in corporations and political bodies. All are governed by the same principle, known as the constructal law, and configure and reconfigure themselves over time to flow more efficiently. Written in an easy style that achieves clarity without sacrificing complexity, \u003ci\u003eDesign in Nature\u003c\/i\u003e is a paradigm-shifting book that will fundamentally transform our understanding of the world around us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdrian Bejan\u003c\/b\u003e has pioneered numerous original methods in thermodynamics, such as entropy generation minimization, scale analysis of convection, heatlines and masslines, and the constructal law of design and evolution in nature. He is ranked among the hundred most cited authors in all engineering by the Institute of Scientific Information. He is the author of more than 550 peer-reviewed journal articles and twenty-four books, including \u003ci\u003eShape and Structure, from Engineering to Nature;\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eConstructal Theory of Social Dynamics;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDesign with Constructal Theory\u003c\/i\u003e. His treatises \u003ci\u003eAdvanced Engineering Thermodynamics \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eConvection Heat Transfer\u003c\/i\u003e are now in their third editions and are used as graduate textbooks in universities around the world. He has been awarded sixteen honorary doctorates by universities in eleven countries, including the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and the Sapienza University of Rome and has received numerous national and international society awards. Bejan is a graduate of MIT and was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, at the Miller Institute of Basic Research in Science. He was appointed as a full professor of mechanical engineering at Duke University in 1984, and J. A. Jones Distinguished Professor in 1989. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ. Peder Zane\u003c\/b\u003e is an assistant professor of journalism and mass communications at St. Augustine's College in Raleigh, North Carolina. He is an award-winning columnist who has worked for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eNews \u0026amp; Observer \u003c\/i\u003e(Raleigh). He has edited and contributed to two books, \u003ci\u003eRemarkable Reads: 34 Writers and Their Adventures in Reading \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 8.02 x 5.19 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 08, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754195747104,"sku":"9780307744340","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7c3ce7895a60a3e0e1c110d3d453aed6.webp?v=1780035470","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/design-in-nature-how-the-constructal-law-governs-evolution-in-biology-physics-technology-and-social-organizations-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}