Of Bombs and Boats and Mice and Men: A Random tour through some scaling laws
Niall MacKay

TL;DR
This paper explores various scaling laws across different domains using dimensional analysis, providing insights into phenomena from yacht prices to biological growth patterns.
Contribution
It offers a comprehensive overview of classical scaling laws and applies them to diverse real-world examples, highlighting their broad relevance.
Findings
Scaling laws explain size-related phenomena across species and objects.
Dimensional analysis helps predict and understand complex systems.
Examples include biological growth, market prices, and animal sizes.
Abstract
A trip through some of the standard examples of dimensional analysis and scaling, with further thoughts on yacht prices, growing up, mice, bears and marsupials.
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Taxonomy
TopicsPhysiological and biochemical adaptations
