Scaling. Previous index next PDF Michael Fowler, UVa 10/12/06 Galileo begins “Two New Sciences” with the striking observation that if two ships, one large and one small, have identical proportions and are constructed of the same materials, so that one is purely a scaled up version of the other in every respect, nevertheless the larger one will require proportionately more scaffolding and support on launching to prevent its breaking apart under its own weight. He goes on to point out that similar considerations apply to animals, the larger ones being more vulnerable to stress from their own weight (page 4): Who does not know that a horse falling from a height of three or four cubits will break his bones, while a dog falling from the same height or a cat from a height of eight or ten cubits will suffer no injury?
... and just as smaller animals are proportionately stronger and more robust than the larger, so also smaller plants are able to stand up better than the larger. He even draws a picture: Did You Know? – Fun Ocean & Scuba Facts. -Largest Ecosystem -The whole spectrum above blue is filtered. Not just red and yellow, (which should actually be red and GREEN.) The colors of the world aren’t quantized into three primary colors. We just see different brightnesses of red, green, and blue (not exact) and use them to determine what the real image is. It’s the difference, say, between violet and purple. -Determining direction has nothing to do with the speed at which sound travels, but the spectral makeup of the sound. If you emit a click and listen to the directions and spectra at which the sound arrives, you get echolocation.
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