Radical By Scale

Nature’s Quarter Power Scaling Laws

Why isn’t average human lifespan a million years? Why do organisms stop growing, age, and die?

A curious child may drive her parents crazy with such questions. Innocuous as they sound, they hide profound secrets. In the fourth installment of Radical Series, let us explore universal scaling laws that have a radical of three quarters (exponent = ¾) and the magic number 4!