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Design in nature

how the constructal law governs evolution in biology, physics, technology, and social organization

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An edition of Design in nature (2012)

Design in nature

how the constructal law governs evolution in biology, physics, technology, and social organization

1st ed.

by

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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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Doubleday
Language
English
Pages
296

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Subjects

Pattern formation (Physical sciences), Gesetzmäßigkeit, Naturwissenschaften, Musterbildung, Struktur, Natur, Physical sciences

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Design in nature: how the constructal law governs evolution in biology, physics, technology, and social organization
2012, Doubleday
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Table of 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-280) and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
500
Library of Congress
Q172.5.C45 B45 2012

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vii, 296 p. :
Number of pages
296

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OL25211152M
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0385534612
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LCCN
2011015398
OCLC/WorldCat
727610563

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