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Scale: The Search for Simplicity and Unity in th

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作者: Geoffrey West 著

出版社: Penguin Press

ISBN: 9781594205583

定价: 224.20

装帧: 精装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 4页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>自然科学

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The former head of the Sante Fe Institute， visionary physicist Geoffrey West is a pioneer in the field of complexity science， the science of emergent systems and networks. The term “complexity” can be misleading， however， because what makes West’s discoveries so beautiful is that he has found an underlying simplicity that unites the seemingly complex and diverse phenomena of living systems， including our bodies， our cities and our businesses.

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. If you know the size of a mammal， you can use scaling laws to learn everything from how much food it eats per day， what its heart-rate is， how long it will take to mature， its lifespan， and so on. Furthermore， the efficiency of the mammal’s circulatory systems scales up precisely based on weight： if you compare a mouse， a human and an elephant on a logarithmic graph， you find with every doubling of average weight， a species gets 25% more efficient—and lives 25% longer. This speaks to everything from how long we can expect to live to how many hours of sleep we need. Fundamentally， he has proven， the issue has to do with the fractal geometry of the networks that supply energy and remove waste from the organism's body.

West's work has been game-changing for biologists， but then he made the even bolder move of exploring his work's applicability to cities. Cities， too， are constellations of networks and laws of scalability relate with eerie precision to them. For every doubling in a city's size， the city needs 15% less road， electrical wire， and gas stations to support the same population. More amazingly， for every doubling in size， cities produce 15% more patents and more wealth， as well as 15% more crime and disease. This broad pattern lays the groundwork for a new science of cities.

Recently， West has applied his revolutionary work on cities and biological life to the business world. This investigation has led to powerful insights into why some companies thrive while others fail. The implications of these discoveries are far-reaching， and are just beginning to be explored.
Scale is a thrilling scientific adventure story about the elemental natural laws that bind us together in simple but profound ways. Through the brilliant mind of Geoffrey West， we can envision how cities， companies and biological life alike are dancing to the same simple， powerful tune， however diverse and unrelated they are to each other. Geoffrey West is a theoretical physicist whose primary interests have been in fundamental questions in physics and biology. West is a Senior Fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory and a distinguished professor at the Sante Fe Institute, where he served as the president from 2005-2009.,,
内容简介:
The former head of the Sante Fe Institute， visionary physicist Geoffrey West is a pioneer in the field of complexity science， the science of emergent systems and networks. The term “complexity” can be misleading， however， because what makes West’s discoveries so beautiful is that he has found an underlying simplicity that unites the seemingly complex and diverse phenomena of living systems， including our bodies， our cities and our businesses.

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. If you know the size of a mammal， you can use scaling laws to learn everything from how much food it eats per day， what its heart-rate is， how long it will take to mature， its lifespan， and so on. Furthermore， the efficiency of the mammal’s circulatory systems scales up precisely based on weight： if you compare a mouse， a human and an elephant on a logarithmic graph， you find with every doubling of average weight， a species gets 25% more efficient—and lives 25% longer. This speaks to everything from how long we can expect to live to how many hours of sleep we need. Fundamentally， he has proven， the issue has to do with the fractal geometry of the networks that supply energy and remove waste from the organism's body.

West's work has been game-changing for biologists， but then he made the even bolder move of exploring his work's applicability to cities. Cities， too， are constellations of networks and laws of scalability relate with eerie precision to them. For every doubling in a city's size， the city needs 15% less road， electrical wire， and gas stations to support the same population. More amazingly， for every doubling in size， cities produce 15% more patents and more wealth， as well as 15% more crime and disease. This broad pattern lays the groundwork for a new science of cities.

Recently， West has applied his revolutionary work on cities and biological life to the business world. This investigation has led to powerful insights into why some companies thrive while others fail. The implications of these discoveries are far-reaching， and are just beginning to be explored.
Scale is a thrilling scientific adventure story about the elemental natural laws that bind us together in simple but profound ways. Through the brilliant mind of Geoffrey West， we can envision how cities， companies and biological life alike are dancing to the same simple， powerful tune， however diverse and unrelated they are to each other.
作者简介:
Geoffrey West is a theoretical physicist whose primary interests have been in fundamental questions in physics and biology. West is a Senior Fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory and a distinguished professor at the Sante Fe Institute, where he served as the president from 2005-2009.,,

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