The designs we see in nature are not the result of chance.
ADRIAN BEJAN
ADRIAN BEJAN
Adrian Bejan on chance
Adrian Bejan12 quotes“The designs we see in nature are not the result of chance.”
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There is the current that is flowing (for example, fluid, heat, mass, or information) and the design through which it flows.
Adrian BejanAdrian Bejan The fact that the same proportionalities rule optimal running,
Adrian BejanAdrian Bejan Animate and inanimate they all develop in space and in time such that they optimize the flow of material.
Adrian BejanAdrian Bejan In fact, animal locomotion is no different than other flows
Adrian BejanAdrian Bejan Based on experience, knowledge, it is the creative exploitation of the unforeseen.
Adrian BejanAdrian Bejan it must evolve in such a way that it provides easier access to the imposed currents that flow through it.
Adrian BejanAdrian Bejan They rise naturally, spontaneously, because they enhance access to flow.
Adrian BejanAdrian Bejan The similarities among animals that are on the surface very different are no coincidence.
Adrian BejanAdrian Bejan Flying and swimming is not a coincidence rather it is an illustration of the fact that a universal principle is involved.
Adrian BejanAdrian Bejan Serendipity is the way to make discoveries, by accident but also by sagacity , of things one is not in quest of.
Adrian BejanAdrian Bejan Flow systems have two basic features (properties).
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