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Geoffrey West: The surprising math of cities and corporations | Video on TED.com

by Darrick on Sep 1, 2011 • 4:26 pm

Geoffrey West: The surprising math of cities and corporations | Video on TED.com

http://www.ted.com/talks/geoffrey_west_t…

TED Talks Physicist Geoffrey West has found that simple, mathematical laws govern the properties of cities — that wealth, crime rate, walking speed and many other aspects of a city can be deduced from a single number: the city’s population. In this mind-bending talk from TEDGlobal he shows how it w…