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Geoffrey West: The surprising math of cities and corporations

1 durable postsStarted 2011-07-28Latest 2011-07-28

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[video=youtube;XyCY6mjWOPc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyCY6mjWOPc[/video]

Physicist Geoffrey West has found that simple, mathematical laws govern the properties of cities -- that wealth, crime rate, walking speed and many other aspects of a city can be deduced from a single number: the city's population. In this mind-bending talk from TEDGlobal he shows how it works and how similar laws hold for organisms and corporations.