Life and the Inverse square! C and C please

I'm certain this is OT for sci.space.policy, not sure for sci.physics.
As has been previously posted here there are probably better newsgroups
than sci.space.policy for this discussion.

Suggest:

sci.philosophy.meta
sci.philosophy.tech
sci.math

Note follow-ups.

Dave

On Jan 22, 11:57*am, "Jonathan" wrote:
Comments and criticism welcome.

It should be obvious to most the defining role that
inverse square relationships play in the physical
universe.

The "inverse-square law" is simply a reduction of the law of
conservation of flux, as measured by surface integrals, when applied
to a flat 3-space. If the space is curved, or contains other than 3
dimensions, the inverse square law does not hold.

Tom Davidson
Richmond, VA

"Uncle Al" wrote in message
...

BULL****. Animal basal metabolism is proportional to 3/4 power of
body mass.


Power laws also describe other kinds of relationships, such
as the metabolic rate of a species and its body mass
(called Kleiber's law), and the size of a city and the
number of patents it produces"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_law

"tadchem" wrote in message
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On Jan 22, 11:57 am, "Jonathan" wrote:
Comments and criticism welcome.

It should be obvious to most the defining role that
inverse square relationships play in the physical
universe.

The "inverse-square law" is simply a reduction of the law of
conservation of flux, as measured by surface integrals, when applied
to a flat 3-space. If the space is curved, or contains other than 3
dimensions, the inverse square law does not hold.

The inverse square law is a relationship between cause and effect.

In article ,
tadchem wrote:

It should be obvious to most the defining role that
inverse square relationships play in the physical
universe.

The "inverse-square law" is simply a reduction of the law of
conservation of flux, as measured by surface integrals, when applied
to a flat 3-space. If the space is curved, or contains other than 3
dimensions, the inverse square law does not hold.

However, not all cases of the inverse square law correspond to any
physical flux. See Feynman's comment on the electric field in
section 4-5 of vol 2 of his Lectures on Physics.

-- Richard
--
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Jonathan wrote:
"tadchem" wrote in message
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On Jan 22, 11:57 am, "Jonathan" wrote:
Comments and criticism welcome.

It should be obvious to most the defining role that
inverse square relationships play in the physical
universe.

The "inverse-square law" is simply a reduction of the law of
conservation of flux, as measured by surface integrals, when applied
to a flat 3-space. If the space is curved, or contains other than 3
dimensions, the inverse square law does not hold.

The inverse square law is a relationship between cause and effect.

Do you have a Thomas Calculus book?

/BAH