Scale : the universal laws of growth, innovation, sustainability, and the pace of life in organisms, cities, economies, and companies
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West, Geoffrey B.,
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New York : Penguin Press, 2017.
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479 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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9781594205583, 1594205582

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-464) and index.
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"Visionary physicist Geoffrey West is a pioneer in the field of complexity science, the science of emergent systems and networks... Fascinated by issues of aging and mortality, West applied the rigor of a physicist to the biological question of why we live as long as we do and no longer. The result was astonishing, and changed science, creating a new understanding of energy use and metabolism: West found that despite the riotous diversity in the sizes of mammals, they are all, to a large degree, scaled versions of each other... West's work has been gaming changing for biologists, but then he made the even bolder move of exploring his work's applicability...and applied...[it] to the business and social world."-- Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

West, G. B. (2017). Scale: the universal laws of growth, innovation, sustainability, and the pace of life in organisms, cities, economies, and companies . Penguin Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

West, Geoffrey B.. 2017. Scale: The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies. New York: Penguin Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

West, Geoffrey B.. Scale: The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies New York: Penguin Press, 2017.

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West, G. B. (2017). Scale: the universal laws of growth, innovation, sustainability, and the pace of life in organisms, cities, economies, and companies. New York: Penguin Press.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

West, Geoffrey B.. Scale: The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies Penguin Press, 2017.

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