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I've always wanted to find the rules that govern everything. It's amazing that such rules exist. It's even more amazing that we can find them.

Geoffrey West

I've always wanted to find the rules that govern everything. It's amazing that such rules exist. It's even more amazing that we can find them.

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About Geoffrey West

Geoffrey Brian West (born 15 December 1940) is a British theoretical physicist and former president and distinguished professor of the Santa Fe Institute. He is one of the leading scientists working on a scientific model of cities. Among other things, his work states that with the doubling of a city's population, salaries per capita will generally increase by 15%.