There
is a precise relationship between the
body mass of species and virtually everything they do.
The
"quarter power" law exists through at least 21 orders
of magnitudes of size.
It
helps to explain why the total number of heartbeats during
the life of all mammals is
the same - about 1.5 billion!
Does
life make the most effective use of energy?
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We
can learn from these principles of ecology and adapt them
for work organisation. Industrial ecology is one such attempt.
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