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The fastest animals and vehicles are neither the biggest nor the fastest over lifetime

Here we show how the size of a body affects its maximum average speed of movement through its environment. The theoretical challenge was to predict that ‘outliers’ must exist, such as the cheetah for terrestrial animals and the jet fighter for airplanes. We show that during a travel that starts from...

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Autores principales: Bejan, A., Gunes, U., Charles, J. D., Sahin, B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6110785/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30150767
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-30303-1

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