Scaling Laws
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Geoffrey B. West and James H. Brown discovered that allometric | Geoffrey B. West and James H. Brown discovered that allometric | ||
'''scaling laws''', including the 3/4 power law for metabolic rates, | '''scaling laws''', including the 3/4 power law for metabolic rates, | ||
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== Papers == | == Papers == | ||
| - | * Geoffrey B. West, James H. Brown, and Brian J. Enquist [http://biology.unm.edu/jhbrown/Documents/Publications/WestBrown& | + | * Geoffrey B. West, James H. Brown, and Brian J. Enquist [http://biology.unm.edu/jhbrown/Documents/Publications/WestBrown&Enquist1997S.pdf A General Model for the Origin of Allometric Scaling Laws in Biology], Science Vol 276 April (1997) 122-126 |
| - | * Geoffrey B. West and James H. Brown, [http://biology.unm.edu/jhbrown/Documents/Publications/West& | + | * Geoffrey B. West and James H. Brown, [http://biology.unm.edu/jhbrown/Documents/Publications/West&Brown2004PT.pdf Life's Universal Scaling Laws], Physics Today, September (2004) 36-42 |
[[Category:Basic Principles]] | [[Category:Basic Principles]] | ||
