Roland talks about an idea that I vaguely remember hearing something about while still in school, getting terribly excited about, and then forgetting in the heat of something or other. Might have been qualifiers. At any rate, the idea is that some really basic scaling laws—lifespan is proportional to the 4th root of heartrate, etc.—govern most species in an alarmingly beautiful way. Now this space's favorite recent invention, the free (libre and gratis) scientific journal, has a review article on the subject. It's long and good. Have fun kids.
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Ach. I failed to wish Lib a good trip.
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