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DESIGN IN NATURE - ADRIAN BEJAN J PEDER ZANE TA...

In 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. Everything-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  Design in Nature is a paradigm-shifting book that will fundamentally
transform our understanding of the world around us.

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