Book Report: Scale

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Lee Brooks — 1 Comment

“Even though the conceptual and mathematical structure of the growth equation is the same for organisms, social insect communities, and cities, the consequences are quite different: sublinear scaling and economies of scale that dominate biology lead to stable bounded growth…

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