Abstract
This paper uncovers the genesis of a scientist’s discovery of the constructal law as a scientific revolution from its fermentation to the official formulation. Exploring different models of creative discovery, I reconstruct Bejan’s discovery process, documented in his two books, as a case study. I conclude that it is illuminative to decipher the subjective dimension that underlies the objective formulation of the law, where something crucial, called the chance-constraint, can be identified, which has been activated in Bejan’s personal history long before the scientific law was officially formulated by him.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the Romanian Academy |
| Subtitle of host publication | Special Issue |
| Publisher | Publishing House of the Romanian Academy |
| Pages | 99-104 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Keywords
- Adrian Bejan
- Constructual Law
- scientific revolution
- psychology of scientific discovery
- Dean Simonton