Scale: The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies

Nice clear presentation of the author's 20 years research since shifting gears from high-energy physics to asking what universal rules might exist in the complex world of systems biology and human society. The physical & evolutionary reasons that animals and cities exhibit remarkably consistent 3/4 economies of scale in heart rate, metabolic rate and numerous other size relationships comes down to fractal space-filling. I first listened to his SALT talk here longnow.org/seminars/02017/may/23/universal-laws-growth-and-pace/ and the book did not add much. The original 2005 paper of the first half of the book is available here: jeb.biologists.org/content/208/9/1575