The constructal law and the evolution of design in nature

A Bejan, S Lorente - Physics of life Reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
The constructal law accounts for the universal phenomenon of generation and evolution of
design (configuration, shape, structure, pattern, rhythm). This phenomenon is observed …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution in thermodynamics

A Bejan - Applied Physics Reviews, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
This review covers two aspects of “evolution” in thermodynamics. First, with the constructal
law, thermodynamics is becoming the domain of physics that accounts for the phenomenon …

Constructal law of design and evolution: Physics, biology, technology, and society

A Bejan, S Lorente - Journal of Applied Physics, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
This is a review of the theoretical and applied progress made based on the Constructal law
of design and evolution in nature, with emphasis on the last decade. The Constructal law is …

The principle underlying all evolution, biological, geophysical, social and technological

A Bejan - … Transactions of the Royal Society A, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
This article addresses the main research areas identified in the call for contributions to this
special issue. With examples from published articles and books, the present article shows …

Current trends in constructal law and evolutionary design

S Lorente, A Bejan - Heat Transfer—Asian Research, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The constructal law was postulated in 1996 as the law of physics that accounts for the
phenomenon of time evolution of configuration in all flow systems that have the freedom to …

Purpose in thermodynamics

A Bejan, G Tsatsaronis - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
This is a review of the concepts of purpose, direction, and objective in the discipline of
thermodynamics, which is a pillar of physics, natural sciences, life science, and engineering …

Why the days seem shorter as we get older

A Bejan - European Review, 2019 - cambridge.org
Why does it feel that the time passes faster as we get older? What is the physical basis for
the impression that some days are slower than others? Why do we tend to focus on the …

Temporal evolution, directionality of time and irreversibility

AL Kuzemsky - La Rivista del Nuovo Cimento, 2018 - Springer
The aim of the present interdisciplinary review is to carry out a comparative analysis of the
notions of thermodynamic entropy, information entropy and entropy of non-equilibrium states …

[HTML][HTML] Time & clocks: A thermodynamic approach

U Lucia, G Grisolia - Results in physics, 2020 - Elsevier
Recently, the definition of time has been introduced by introducing the irreversible
thermodynamics into the analysis of the atomic irreversibility. In this way, time is defined by …

Thermomagnetic resonance affects cancer growth and motility

U Lucia, G Grisolia, A Ponzetto… - Royal Society …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The fight against a multifaceted incurable disease such as cancer requires a
multidisciplinary approach to overcome the multitude of molecular defects at its origin. Here …