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Physicist Geoffrey West has found that simple, mathematical laws govern the properties of cities -- that wealth, crime rate, walking speed and many other aspects of a city can be deduced from a single number: the city's population. In this mind-bending talk from TEDGlobal he shows how it works and how similar laws hold for organisms and corporations.
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- Environmental Engineering and Mathematics and Statistics
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- Cities towns -- Growth -- Econometric models Sustainable urban development
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Scott Rickard set out to engineer the ugliest possible piece of music, devoid of repetition, using a mathematical concept known as the Costas Array. In this surprisingly entertaining talk, he shares the math behind musical beauty ... and its opposite.
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- Mathematics and Statistics
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- Repetition in music Mathematics Composition (Music)
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How does an English literature major ultimately end up as a cancer biologist? Varmus tells us of his circuitous path to becoming a scientist to illustrate the many routes that one can follow to a career in science.
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- Physical sciences -- Vocational guidance Biologists -- Vocational guidance
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