Transport Processes in Nature Hardback with CD-ROM
Title | Transport Processes in Nature Hardback with CD-ROM PDF eBook |
Author | William A. Reiners |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 2004-07-08 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780521800495 |
A conceptual framework for the study and understanding of the propagation of ecological influences in nature.
Transport Processes in Nature PB with CD-ROM
Title | Transport Processes in Nature PB with CD-ROM PDF eBook |
Author | William A. Reiners |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 322 |
Release | 2004-07-08 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780521804844 |
William Reiners and Kenneth Driese introduce a conceptual framework for studying the propagation of ecological influences across landscapes. They also provide examples of models that describe and predict propagation. Their volume is an excellent graduate-level introduction to the field of landscape ecology, which is concerned with the effects of spatial patterns on ecological processes, especially the movement of organisms, abiotic materials and energy across landscapes.
Transport Processes in Nature
Title | Transport Processes in Nature PDF eBook |
Author | William A. Reiners |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Ecology |
ISBN |
Design in Nature
Title | Design in Nature PDF eBook |
Author | Adrian Bejan |
Publisher | Anchor |
Pages | 306 |
Release | 2013-01-08 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0307744345 |
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.
Chemical Engineering Progress
Title | Chemical Engineering Progress PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 718 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Chemical engineering |
ISBN |
Natural Hazards Observer
Title | Natural Hazards Observer PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 152 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Disaster relief |
ISBN |
Transportation Inspired by Nature
Title | Transportation Inspired by Nature PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Boone |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
How have kingfishers and orcas inspired new modes of transportation? Learn about some of the best new modes of transportation that have been inspired by the outside world.