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Nature 413, 342-344 (27 September 2001) | doi:10.1038/35096683
All creatures great and small
John Whitfield1
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Abstract
The living world is governed by laws based on fractal geometry and on the sizes of organisms, some scientists claim. John Whitfield looks at the debate surrounding a biological 'theory of everything'.
Some people see only the trees, others the whole wood. But when Brian Enquist enters one of his Costa Rican field sites, he senses far deeper patterns.
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