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On Being the Right Size (1926)
- abrowne 12y agoHTML version: http://irl.cs.ucla.edu/papers/right-size.html http://irl.cs.ucla.edu/papers/right-size.html
- dang 12y agoThanks. Url changed to that from http://www.phys.ufl.edu/courses/phy3221/spring10/HaldaneRightSize.pdf http://www.phys.ufl.edu/courses/phy3221/spring10/HaldaneRigh....
- nkurz 12y agoInteresting earlier discussion of the same article here under a different URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6545132 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6545132 And here's another link that includes the same article as well as many others: http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/rightsize.pdf http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/rightsize.pdf
- dang 12y agoThanks—we missed that one. We'll demote the current post as a dupe.
- SAI_Peregrinus 12y agoThis is a classic work, and well worth reading. It puts the lie to the common statements that "if an ant were as big as a man, it could lift incredible loads!" If an ant were as big as a man, it would collapse under its own weight.