Geoffrey West
Author 'Scale'
Geoffrey West is a theoretical physicist whose primary interests have been in fundamental questions in physics and biology. West is a Senior Fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory and a distinguished professor at the Sante Fe Institute, where he served as the president from 2005-2009. In 2006 he was named to Time’s list of “The 100 Most Influential People in the World.” Geoffrey West is the author of Scale.
Humans could, in theory, one day use scaling laws to extend our lifespans.
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Is all life on Earth bound together by mathematics?
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Is it crazy to think that we could one day live forever? Well, yes. Yes it is. But with a few changes to our surroundings, British scientist Geoffrey West thinks that we could perhaps double our lifespan.
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