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Nature 445, 821 (22 February 2007) | doi:10.1038/445821a; Published online 21 February 2007
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BOOK REVIEWED-Why Size Matters: From Bacteria to Blue Whales
by John Tyler Bonner
Princeton University Press: 2006. 176 pp. $16.95, £9.95
I used to think that the story of the mother who starts a letter to her grown-up son with: "Dear son, I am writing this letter slowly because I know you cannot read fast," was just funny. But after reading the tiny book Why Size Matters by John Tyler Bonner twice, I now realize that the story had a deeper meaning than had first met my eye.
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