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Summary of Scale by Geoffrey West | Free Audiobook

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CHAPTER

The Scaling Law Explained

English engineer isenbard kingdom brunell proved that it could be done by using a simple scaling argument. He recognized that the volume of cargo a ship could carry increases as the cube of its dimensions. Bigger ships, therefore are more energy efficient and cost effective than smaller ones. But this same logic can be applied to more practical scenarios too. For example, many people believed that the invention of the transatlantic steamship wouldn't be economically valuable because a ship purely powered by steam wouldn't be able to carry enough fuel for the trip.

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