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#26 Scaling Laws in Longevity & Aging | Dr. Geoffrey West, Author of book Scale
2 hour 3 minutes Posted Jun 29, 2023 at 5:53 pm.
Context on Dr. West's book Scale
Networks in biology & cities
Scaling laws in longevity
Upper limit to human age?
Quantifying Caloric restriction
Metabolism & Body temperature
Scaling laws in age-related damage
Scaling body sizes across species
Scaling laws in drug dosage (LSD & Elephants)
Drug dosage in children (Tylenol & babies)
Vaccine dosage scaling laws
Sleep & Aging in different organisms
Early stimulation for child development
Fasting, meal frequency & digestive time
Sleep demands with work & physical activity
: Scaling laws in cities, companies & universities
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Dr. Geoffrey West is the author of the bestselling book Scale, the Universal Laws of Life Growth and Death in Organisms, cities and Companies. He is a physicist who got fascinated by the field of aging and longevity and asked the question of why we live as long as we do and no longer. In today's episode, we dive into his research on the scaling laws in biology and longevity.
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