Comment on How mosquitos deal with getting hit by raindropsparentComments−abandonliberty11y[Citation Wanted]Very believable; how does the math work out?−troymc11yGalileo. Discourses and Mathematical Demonstrations Relating to Two New Sciences. 1638.It's known as the square-cube law.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square-cube_law−abandonliberty11yThanks - I hadn't realized that muscle strength was proportional purely to cross section.−phonon11yhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square-cube_law
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Very believable; how does the math work out?
Galileo. Discourses and Mathematical Demonstrations Relating to Two New Sciences. 1638.
It's known as the square-cube law.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square-cube_law
Thanks - I hadn't realized that muscle strength was proportional purely to cross section.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square-cube_law