On Being the Right Size (1926)

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Post by hawkharris » Sun, Aug 03, 2014, 7:34 PM UTC

On Being the Right Size (1926)
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Re: On Being the Right Size (1926)

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Post by abrowne » Sun, Aug 03, 2014, 10:07 PM UTC

HTML version: http://irl.cs.ucla.edu/papers/right-size.html

Re: On Being the Right Size (1926)

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Post by nkurz » Sun, Aug 03, 2014, 10:13 PM UTC

Interesting earlier discussion of the same article here under a different URL: 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

Re: On Being the Right Size (1926)

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Post by dang » Mon, Aug 04, 2014, 12:07 AM UTC

abrowne wrote: post #2

HTML version: http://irl.cs.ucla.edu/papers/right-size.html

Thanks. Url changed to that from http://www.phys.ufl.edu/courses/phy3221/spring10/HaldaneRigh....

Re: On Being the Right Size (1926)

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Post by dang » Mon, Aug 04, 2014, 12:07 AM UTC

nkurz wrote: post #3

Interesting earlier discussion of the same article here under a different URL: 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

Thanks—we missed that one. We'll demote the current post as a dupe.

Re: On Being the Right Size (1926)

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Post by SAI_Peregrinus » Mon, Aug 04, 2014, 1:43 AM UTC

This 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.