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Freedom and Evolution – Thermodynamics 2.0
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Freedom and Evolution

Thermodynamics 2.0 Program: Sessions and Abstracts

Mon - Wed, June 22 - June 24 , 2020 , Massachusetts, USA

Session T18: Plenary I: Scientific Advances on Thermodynamics

9:30-11:30. Monday June 22, 2020

Chair: Cemal Basaran

Title: Freedom and Evolution

Presenter:

Adrian Bejan

(Duke University)

Bio-sketch

Adrian Bejan is ranked among the top 0.01% of leading world scientists in the 2019 citations ‘impact’ database. His impact is in top 10 in Engineering worldwide. He is the author of 660 peer refereed articles and 30 books. Most recently, he received the Benjamin Franklin Medal, the Humboldt Research Award, and the Prize of the Turkish Academy of Sciences. His newest book is “Freedom and Evolution”.

Author(s):

Adrian Bejan

(Duke University)

Abstract:T18.W113

Abstract

Evolution is the defining phenomenon of nature. Everywhere we look what we see is evolving because it is free to move and morph. Without change there is nothing–no image, no beauty, no time, no future. This abstract outlines the role played by freedom and evolution in physics (thermodynamics): given freedom, all movement exhibits the tendency to evolve into configurations that provide greater access. Let me begin with familiar designs (inanimate, animate) and conclude with why the physics of evolution is not only useful but also necessary to human progress. Man can use what he sees in evolution to improve all the things that make our lives better. The abstract is based on the new book: FREEDOM AND EVOLUTION: Hierarchy in Nature, Society and Science (Springer, New York, January 2020).

Keywords: freedom, evolution, hierarchy, society.