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Geoffrey West:城市与企业中的奇妙数学

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物理学家Geoffrey West发现,简单的数学定律治理着城市的各种属性--财富,犯罪率,步行速度以及城市的其它方方面面都可由一个数字推算出来:即城市的人口。他通过展示其中的原理,阐述生物与企业拥有的相似定律,让这场TED全球演讲颠覆了人们思想。

Physicist Geoffrey West believes that complex systems from organisms to cities are in many ways governed by simple laws -- laws that can be discovered and analyzed. Full bio »

Translated into Chinese, Simplified by Lili Liang
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