The power of power laws

Scientist

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 22-25

  Hunter, Philip ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DRUG;

AORTA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARNATION; CELL FUNCTION; DRUG INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MASS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; METABOLIC CAPACITY; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; REVIEW; SAVANNA; SCALE UP; STANDARD; TEAMWORK; THEORETICAL MODEL; THEORY;

DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLUS;

EID: 0038222359     PISSN: 08903670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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