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  2. Square–cube law - Wikipedia

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    The squarecube law was first mentioned in Two New Sciences (1638). The squarecube law (or cubesquare law) is a mathematical principle, applied in a variety of scientific fields, which describes the relationship between the volume and the surface area as a shape's size increases or decreases.

  3. Allometry - Wikipedia

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    Isometric scaling is governed by the squarecube law. An organism which doubles in length isometrically will find that the surface area available to it will increase fourfold, while its volume and mass will increase by a factor of eight. This can present problems for organisms.

  4. On Being the Right Size - Wikipedia

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    "On Being the Right Size" is a 1926 essay by J. B. S. Haldane which discusses proportions in the animal world and the essential link between the size of an animal and these systems an animal has for life. [1]

  5. Economies of scale - Wikipedia

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    Some of the economies of scale recognized in engineering have a physical basis, such as the squarecube law, by which the surface of a vessel increases by the square of the dimensions while the volume increases by the cube. This law has a direct effect on the capital cost of such things as buildings, factories, pipelines, ships and airplanes. [b]

  6. Molyneux's problem - Wikipedia

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    Different shaped stress balls, including a cube, a star, and a sphere Molyneux's problem is a thought experiment in philosophy [ 1 ] concerning immediate recovery from blindness . It was first formulated by William Molyneux , and notably referred to in John Locke 's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689).

  7. Power law - Wikipedia

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    The distributions of a wide variety of physical, biological, and human-made phenomena approximately follow a power law over a wide range of magnitudes: these include the sizes of craters on the moon and of solar flares, [2] cloud sizes, [3] the foraging pattern of various species, [4] the sizes of activity patterns of neuronal populations, [5] the frequencies of words in most languages ...

  8. Sudan: Flogging and Harassment of Women Continue

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    and 69 of Sudan‟s Criminal law. These articles cover „public disturbance‟ offences such as illegal assembly and riots against the state. The arrests are unconstitutional, as Sudan‟s Interim National Constitution guarantees freedom of assembly. The protest came as a direct response to a very disturbing video that surfaced on

  9. Two New Sciences - Wikipedia

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    The Discourses and Mathematical Demonstrations Relating to Two New Sciences (Italian: Discorsi e dimostrazioni matematiche intorno a due nuove scienze pronounced [diˈskorsi e ddimostratˈtsjoːni mateˈmaːtike inˈtorno a dˈduːe ˈnwɔːve ʃˈʃɛntse]) published in 1638 was Galileo Galilei's final book and a scientific testament covering much of his work in physics over the preceding ...