Constructal Theory of Social Dynamics

• Main Authors: Bejan, Adrian (Author), Merkx, Gilbert W. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2007.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Computer mathematics.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Sociophysics.; Econophysics.; Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Engineering design.; Sociology.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.; Sociology, general.; Socio- and Econophysics, Population and Evolutionary Models.; Engineering Design.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis.

Constructal Theory of Social Dynamics brings together for the first time social scientists and engineers to develop a predictive theory of social organization, as a conglomerate of mating flows that morph in time to flow more easily (people, goods, money, energy, information). These flows have objec...