As debates over diversity continue to shape North Carolina higher education, Duke University engineering professor Adrian Bejan offers his perspective on the controversial subject in the new book, “Diversity through Freedom.” Bejan examines nature, evolution, and society to challenge assumptions about how to approach diversity in higher education and other institutions.
The book explores the physics of diversity — how diversity happens naturally and why nature opposes efforts of forced diversity. Physics is not about opinion but rather fact, and Bejan uses his background in physics to examine the natural world as it applies to modern diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in higher education.
In an interview with the Carolina Journal, Bejan spoke in detail about his thesis for the book…