Allometric scaling
Strange scalings of sizes, shapes, and system properties.
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Covered in these episode(s) and clip(s):
Episode 1: Allometric scaling (2:26:03)
Clip 1: Introduction to Scaling (10:29)
Clip 2: The beautiful scaling of the thinky and connecty parts of the brain (14:31)
Clip 3: Koalas are not smart (3:28)
Clip 4: The good, the bad, and the ugly scaling (2:49)
Clip 5: Scale invariance, allometry (6:17)
Clip 6: Biology's massive range of sizes (3:47)
Clip 7: Babies are weird (2:32)
Clip 8: Scaling in lifting, running, swimming, good and bad (5:17)
Clip 9: Scaling in biology recap (1:53)
Clip 10: Quarterology and heartbeats (10:12)
Clip 11: Insular species numbers (1:20)
Clip 12: Cancer rates (3:31)
Clip 13: Maximal animal speed (7:44)
Clip 14: Engines: Horsepower and rpms (0:37)
Clip 15: Nails (5:12)
Clip 16: Rowing (0:33)
Clip 17: Gravity laws (2:35)
Clip 18: The Buckingham π Theorem (20:36)
Clip 19: Fluids, nuclear blasts, turbulence (7:43)
Clip 20: Fractals (2:05)
Clip 21: Scaling laws for cities (6:33)
Clip 22: Variant scaling in cities, a darkness (5:00)
Clip 23: Coffee shops and hospitals (4:14)
Clip 24: Terrorism and learning curves (2:06)
Clip 25: Scaling in language evolution (5:22)