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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: A secret pattern underlies all life and culture.
Chapter 2: Scaling laws seldom are linear, and that carries major implications.
Chapter 3: Biological scaling laws are best explained through a network-based theory.
Chapter 4: Biological networks reach toward a fourth dimension, showing why humans stop growing.
Chapter 5: Scaling uncovers surprising similarities among seemingly different cities, while biological networks closely parallel modern urban centers.
Chapter 6: The pace of life, social interaction, and economic activity all scale with the size of a city.
Chapter 7: Scaling exposes universal dynamics that correlate with a company’s size and age.
Chapter 8: Since the Industrial Revolution, the world has seen a population explosion, prompting questions about sustainability.
Chapter 9: It’s improbable that Earth can sustain such rapidly accelerating population and ever-expanding economic growth.
Description
Scale (2017) is a glimpse into the hidden and fascinating world of the mathematical relationships that tie the world together. The blinks describe how such laws connect everything from microscopic organisms to international metropolises, and what they can tell us about the behavior of complex systems.
Who Should Listen
- Physicists, biologists, mathematicians and economists
- City planners, company owners and innovators
- Environmentalists and anyone interested in sustainable development