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.,,,
