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Adrian Bejan (MIT, 1971, 1972, 1975) is an American professor and discoverer of the constructal law of design evolution in nature. He is J. A. Jones Distinguished Professor at Duke University. He published more than 620 articles, 29 books and is in top 100 of most cited engineers in the world. He is a member of the Academy of Europe, and received 18 honorary doctorates from universities in 11 countries.

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	Design in Nature: How the Constructal Law Governs Evolution in Biology, Physics, Technology, and Social Organization by Adrian Bejan (Goodreads Author), J. Peder Zane 3.58 avg rating — 403 ratings — published 2012 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Physics of Life: The Evolution of Everything 3.25 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 2016 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Convection Heat Transfer 4.19 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1984 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Freedom and Evolution: Hierarchy in Nature, Society and Science 4.39 avg rating — 18 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics 4.22 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1988 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Design with Constructal Theory by Adrian Bejan (Goodreads Author), Sylvie Laurent 4.69 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Heat Transfer 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1993 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thermal Design and Optimization by Adrian Bejan (Goodreads Author), George Tsatsaronis, Michael J. Moran 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Entropy Generation Minimization (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Series) 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1995 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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30 Years of Moving Earth

Living systems persist by carving channels where there were previously none. The path is never granted—it is forged by moving through what stands in the way. This is the Constructal Law: the tendency of everything that lives to evolve toward configurations that move its currents with greater ease.

The first channel is the hardest. The current that crosses over a new threshold into untouched ground

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Adrian Bejan answered Goodreads's question: Where did you get the idea for your most recent book? The ideas behind my recent work grew out of years of studying how freedom, movement, and flow shape both natural systems and human progress. I became interested in exploring how these principles help explain diversity, innovation, and the evolution o See Full Answer
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“For a finite-size flow system to persist in time (to live), its configuration must evolve in such a way that provides easier access to the currents that flow through it.”
― Adrian Bejan, Design in Nature: How the Constructal Law Governs Evolution in Biology, Physics, Technology, and Social Organization

tags: constructal-law, evolution, thermodynamics, universal-darwinism

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“The time that you perceive is not the same as the time perceived by another -

Time and Beauty: Why Time Flies And Beauty Never Dies, Adrian Bejan”
― Adrian Bejan

tags: time-flies

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