I feel as if I may have set the bar a tad bit too high after reading Ulysses.
I'm not personally attacking Adrian Bejan, but I feel as if there is a bit to touch upon.
When I read through the first chapter, I grew rather puzzled. At first, the writing seemed a bit dry, considering the abundance of some technical terminology (which sometimes didn't quite fit). However, as I looked closer, it was almost as if Bejan was trying to squeeze in a tone of pseudo-spirituality/pseudo-profundity. Perhaps I am not looking at Bejan's writing through the right lens(es), but I find myself rather lost in most of what I have read by him. Take this extremely wordy sentence, for example:
"The word 'organization' speaks of the fact that the design --the organ-- is alive, with flows inside and around it, all belonging to a greater whole, and all morphing, evolving, growing, shrinking and moving in the world." (Bejan, 11).
I understand that the central idea in this sentence is that organization is a sort of umbrella term for explaining the phenomena of life's trends... however... it's... just a bit wordy and confusing to digest in one sitting. Also, I don't know if Bejan using "organ" is an attempt to tie human qualities to his interesting ideas about organization, or if he's saying that organization is just a play on "organ" itself.
However, there was one thing that confused me more than anything through my reading....
I have noticed that this book is, most definetely, based upon Bejan's Constructal Law: the idea/law that stresses how, basically, the patterns in our lives are predictable and explainable due to the laws of physics. However, as of page 113, if I were not to individually search up Adrian Bejan Constructal Law on Google, I would not even realize that there was a name for what Bejan has been endlessly writing about. I truly do hope that Bejan does clearly define this law at some point in this book.
Now on to the good stuff!
Most of the diagrams that Bejan included throughout this book did help me further understand what he was talking about when I was lost. It's almost as if Bejan is self-aware that he gets lost in his own writing (as if I'm one to judge), as he has done this quite often.
Other than what I wrote so far, I can't really form a full-fledged opinion on Bejan's writing BUT...
I will definitely make sure to voice my full opinion in the next blog.
I'm not personally attacking Adrian Bejan, but I feel as if there is a bit to touch upon.
When I read through the first chapter, I grew rather puzzled. At first, the writing seemed a bit dry, considering the abundance of some technical terminology (which sometimes didn't quite fit). However, as I looked closer, it was almost as if Bejan was trying to squeeze in a tone of pseudo-spirituality/pseudo-profundity. Perhaps I am not looking at Bejan's writing through the right lens(es), but I find myself rather lost in most of what I have read by him. Take this extremely wordy sentence, for example:
"The word 'organization' speaks of the fact that the design --the organ-- is alive, with flows inside and around it, all belonging to a greater whole, and all morphing, evolving, growing, shrinking and moving in the world." (Bejan, 11).
However, there was one thing that confused me more than anything through my reading....
I have noticed that this book is, most definetely, based upon Bejan's Constructal Law: the idea/law that stresses how, basically, the patterns in our lives are predictable and explainable due to the laws of physics. However, as of page 113, if I were not to individually search up Adrian Bejan Constructal Law on Google, I would not even realize that there was a name for what Bejan has been endlessly writing about. I truly do hope that Bejan does clearly define this law at some point in this book.
Now on to the good stuff!
Most of the diagrams that Bejan included throughout this book did help me further understand what he was talking about when I was lost. It's almost as if Bejan is self-aware that he gets lost in his own writing (as if I'm one to judge), as he has done this quite often.
Other than what I wrote so far, I can't really form a full-fledged opinion on Bejan's writing BUT...
I will definitely make sure to voice my full opinion in the next blog.
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