Geoffrey West On the Scale and Unity of Life from Cells to Cities

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Just as dimensional analysis [pdf] is a fundamental tool of engineering in getting the right units and checking phenomena so too is scaling fundamental to coming to grips with complex systems.

In this video Geoffrey West of the Santa Fe Institute helps us come to grips with such complex systems as life the ultimate biological mystery.

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