Design in Nature

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2013-01
ISBN: 9780307744340
定价: 119.50
装帧: 平装
开本: 其他
纸张: 其他
页数: 304页
正文语种: 英语
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  • Inthisgroundbreakingbook,AdrianBejantakestherecurringpatternsinnature—trees,tributaries,airpassages,neuralnetworks,andlightningbolts—andrevealshowasingleprincipleofphysics,theconstructallaw,accountsfortheevolutionoftheseandmanyotherdesignsinourworld.

    Everything—frombiologicallifetoinanimatesystems—generatesshapeandstructureandevolvesinasequenceofever-improvingdesignsinordertofacilitateflow.Riverbasins,cardiovascularsystems,andboltsoflightningareveryefficientflowsystemstomoveacurrent—ofwater,blood,orelectricity.Likewise,themorecomplexarchitectureofanimalsevolvetocovergreaterdistanceperunitofusefulenergy,orincreasetheirflowacrosstheland.Suchdesignsalsoappearinhumanorganizations,likethehierarchical“flowcharts”orreportingstructuresincorporationsandpoliticalbodies.Allaregovernedbythesameprinciple,knownastheconstructallaw,andconfigureandreconfigurethemselvesovertimetoflowmoreefficiently.Writteninaneasystylethatachievesclaritywithoutsacrificingcomplexity,DesigninNatureisaparadigm-shiftingbookthatwillfundamentallytransformourunderstandingoftheworldaroundus., AdrianBejanhaspioneerednumerousoriginalmethodsinthermodynamics,suchasentropygenerationminimization,scaleanalysisofconvection,heatlinesandmasslines,andtheconstructallawofdesignandevolutioninnature.HeisrankedamongthehundredmostcitedauthorsinallengineeringbytheInstituteofScientificInformation.Heistheauthorofmorethan550peer-reviewedjournalarticlesandtwenty-fourbooks,includingShapeandStructure,fromEngineeringtoNature;ConstructalTheoryofSocialDynamics;andDesignwithConstructalTheory.HistreatisesAdvancedEngineeringThermodynamicsandConvectionHeatTransferarenowintheirthirdeditionsandareusedasgraduatetextbooksinuniversitiesaroundtheworld.Hehasbeenawardedsixteenhonorarydoctoratesbyuniversitiesinelevencountries,includingtheSwissFederalInstituteofTechnologyandtheSapienzaUniversityofRomeandhasreceivednumerousnationalandinternationalsocietyawards.BejanisagraduateofMITandwasapostdoctoralfellowattheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,attheMillerInstituteofBasicResearchinScience.HewasappointedasafullprofessorofmechanicalengineeringatDukeUniversityin1984,andJ.A.JonesDistinguishedProfessorin1989.


    J.PederZaneisanassistantprofessorofjournalismandmasscommunicationsatSt.Augustine’sCollegeinRaleigh,NorthCarolina.Heisanaward-winningcolumnistwhohasworkedfortheNewYorkTimesandtheNews&Observer(Raleigh).Hehaseditedandcontributedtotwobooks,RemarkableReads:34WritersandTheirAdventuresinReadingandTheTopTen:WritersPickTheirFavoriteBooks.,,,
  • 内容简介:
    Inthisgroundbreakingbook,AdrianBejantakestherecurringpatternsinnature—trees,tributaries,airpassages,neuralnetworks,andlightningbolts—andrevealshowasingleprincipleofphysics,theconstructallaw,accountsfortheevolutionoftheseandmanyotherdesignsinourworld.

    Everything—frombiologicallifetoinanimatesystems—generatesshapeandstructureandevolvesinasequenceofever-improvingdesignsinordertofacilitateflow.Riverbasins,cardiovascularsystems,andboltsoflightningareveryefficientflowsystemstomoveacurrent—ofwater,blood,orelectricity.Likewise,themorecomplexarchitectureofanimalsevolvetocovergreaterdistanceperunitofusefulenergy,orincreasetheirflowacrosstheland.Suchdesignsalsoappearinhumanorganizations,likethehierarchical“flowcharts”orreportingstructuresincorporationsandpoliticalbodies.Allaregovernedbythesameprinciple,knownastheconstructallaw,andconfigureandreconfigurethemselvesovertimetoflowmoreefficiently.Writteninaneasystylethatachievesclaritywithoutsacrificingcomplexity,DesigninNatureisaparadigm-shiftingbookthatwillfundamentallytransformourunderstandingoftheworldaroundus.,
  • 作者简介:
    AdrianBejanhaspioneerednumerousoriginalmethodsinthermodynamics,suchasentropygenerationminimization,scaleanalysisofconvection,heatlinesandmasslines,andtheconstructallawofdesignandevolutioninnature.HeisrankedamongthehundredmostcitedauthorsinallengineeringbytheInstituteofScientificInformation.Heistheauthorofmorethan550peer-reviewedjournalarticlesandtwenty-fourbooks,includingShapeandStructure,fromEngineeringtoNature;ConstructalTheoryofSocialDynamics;andDesignwithConstructalTheory.HistreatisesAdvancedEngineeringThermodynamicsandConvectionHeatTransferarenowintheirthirdeditionsandareusedasgraduatetextbooksinuniversitiesaroundtheworld.Hehasbeenawardedsixteenhonorarydoctoratesbyuniversitiesinelevencountries,includingtheSwissFederalInstituteofTechnologyandtheSapienzaUniversityofRomeandhasreceivednumerousnationalandinternationalsocietyawards.BejanisagraduateofMITandwasapostdoctoralfellowattheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,attheMillerInstituteofBasicResearchinScience.HewasappointedasafullprofessorofmechanicalengineeringatDukeUniversityin1984,andJ.A.JonesDistinguishedProfessorin1989.


    J.PederZaneisanassistantprofessorofjournalismandmasscommunicationsatSt.Augustine’sCollegeinRaleigh,NorthCarolina.Heisanaward-winningcolumnistwhohasworkedfortheNewYorkTimesandtheNews&Observer(Raleigh).Hehaseditedandcontributedtotwobooks,RemarkableReads:34WritersandTheirAdventuresinReadingandTheTopTen:WritersPickTheirFavoriteBooks.,,,
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