Adrian Bejan Professions : Professor Born : September 24, 1948 Browse All Authors Top 6 quotes by Adrian Bejan The designs we see in nature are not the result of chance. They rise naturally, spontaneously, because they enhance access to flow. Adrian Bejan design flow chance Serendipity is the way to make discoveries, by accident but also by sagacity, of things one is not in quest of. Based on experience, knowledge, it is the creative exploitation of the unforeseen. Adrian Bejan serendipity creative discovery Flow systems have two basic features (properties). There is the current that is flowing (for example, fluid, heat, mass, or information) and the design through which it flows. Adrian Bejan design example two The similarities among animals that are on the surface very different are no coincidence. In fact, animal locomotion is no different than other flows, animate and inanimate they all develop in space and in time such that they optimize the flow of material. Adrian Bejan flow space animal For a finite-size system to persist in time (to live), it must evolve in such a way that it provides easier access to the imposed currents that flow through it. Adrian Bejan size flow way The fact that the same proportionalities rule optimal running, flying and swimming is not a coincidence rather it is an illustration of the fact that a universal principle is involved. Adrian Bejan impact swimming running Similar Authors Bryan Stevenson professor Bruce Greenwald professor Bruce Ames professor Brian Wansink professor Brian Schmidt professor Brian Martin professor All Authors
