On Growth and Form¶
Thompson, D. W. (1917). On Growth and Form.
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- The anchor that keeps the scale row honest is the square-cube law: as a shape grows, volume (and weight) climbs faster than surface area, so a mechanism that balanced them at small scale generally will not at large scale.
This sourceExplains that as geometrically similar bodies grow, volume and weight increase faster than surface area, changing the balance of physical effects across scale.
- The anchor that keeps the scale row honest is the square-cube law: as a shape grows, volume (and weight) climbs faster than surface area, so a mechanism that balanced them at small scale generally will not at large scale.
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