Adrian Bejan ist ein amerikanischer Professor und Entdecker des "konstruktionalen Gesetzes" der Designentwicklung in der Natur. Seine Arbeit befasst sich mit den universellen Prinzipien, die die Evolution natürlicher Designs steuern, von lebenden Organismen bis hin zu gesellschaftlichen Strukturen. Bejans Theorien bieten eine tiefgründige Perspektive darauf, warum sich Dinge so entwickeln, wie sie es tun, und offenbaren die inhärenten Prozesse von Wachstum, Anpassung und Fluss, die unsere Welt prägen. Er bietet eine einzigartige Perspektive, um die grundlegenden Triebkräfte von Komplexität und Wandel zu verstehen.
The book delves into the parallels between the design and organization of engineered systems and those found in nature. It examines how both realms utilize similar principles of shape and structure to achieve functionality and efficiency. By analyzing these connections, the text highlights the importance of biomimicry and the potential for innovation in engineering inspired by natural forms.
Finally, Professor Bejan explains how people, like everything else that moves on earth, are driven by power derived from our engines that consume fuel and food, and that our movement dissipates the power completely and changes constantly for greater access, economies of scale, efficiency, innovation and life.
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.
Exploring the intertwined nature of time and beauty, Adrian Bejan presents a scholarly yet engaging examination of how these fundamental perceptions shape human experience. He delves into the scientific principles underlying our understanding of time and aesthetic appreciation, offering a fresh perspective that challenges conventional views. This groundbreaking work combines rigorous analysis with a vivid narrative, making complex ideas accessible and thought-provoking for readers interested in the intersection of science and philosophy.
This book provides a user-friendly introduction to convection in porous media, such as fibrous insulation, geological strata, and catalytic reactors with applications in building insulation, energy storage, nuclear-waste disposal, coal and grain storage, chemical reactor engineering, groundwater flow, and convection in snow. The presentation is self-contained, requiring only routine classical mathematics and the basics of fluid mechanics and heat transfer. 264 illus.