External Links / References & Book Recommendations
Chapter 1: Square-Cube Law
Physics of Size
- Scaling: the Physics of Lilliput - Phillip Morrison
- Scaling and Order-of-Magnitude Estimates - Benjamin Crowell
- Introduction to Scaling Laws - John Denker
- The Square-Cube Law - Earl Hunsinger
- When Big Science Goes Wrong - ASTRONOMY BLOG
- The Principle of Scale: A fundamental lesson they failed to teach us at school - Leon Bambrick
- All-Star Superman Biological Review: The Square-Cube Law - POLITE DISSENT
Strength of Materials
- Strength of Materials Definitions and Equations - ENGINEERS EDGE
- Strength of Materials - ANSWERS CORPORATION
Physics, Biology, and Scaling Properties
- Of Mice and Elephants: a Matter of scale - Geoffrey West
- On being the Right Size - J. B. S. Haldane
- Gravity and Life on the Ground - Steven Vogel
- Gravity and Size - Steven Vogel
- Surface Area to Volume Ratio - Bernie Hobbs
Scaling Properties and their Application to Biology
- The Biology of B-Movie Monsters - Michael C. LaBarbera
- Scaling: Why Giants Don’t Exist - Michael Fowler
- From Cells to Whales: Universal Scaling - SCIENCE NEWS
- Basal Metabolic Rate - David M. Harrison
Size of Biological Cells
- Diffusion and the Problem of Size - BIOLOGYMAD
- How Surface Area to Volume Ratio Limits Cell Size
- Minimal Protocell Size and Metabolism - PACE
- Surface to Volume - MCGRAW-HILL
Surface Area to Volume Ratio
Heat Transfer
- Heat Transfer Overview - EFUNDA
- Thermal Conductivity of Some Common Materials - ENGINEERING TOOL BOX
Heat Transfer in Regards to Mammals
Fundamental Forces of Nature
Scaling Properties Aplied to Nanoscience
Galileo
Chapter 2: Dinosaur Paradox
The Problems with Big Dinosaurs
- The Science Paradox of Big Dinosaurs and Pterosaurs - Octave Levenspiel
- Mysteries of the Dinosaur Epoch - Chris Yukna
- Body Design of Sauropods - George Johnson
- Logical Inconsistencies Regarding Dinosaurs - C Johnson
Brachiosaurus and other Sauropods
- Brachiosaurus Data
- The Largest Animals to ever Walk the Earth - Gavinry Mill
- Sauropods: The Biggest Dinosaurs - Bob Strauss
- Brachiosaurus - Brian Roesch
Body Density of Vertebrates
- Vertebrates - BioCourse.com
- The Water in You - USGS
- Basic Shark Biology - Haaitje Bijtje
- Swim Bladder of Fish - Michael Konrad
Respiratory System of Birds
- Respiratory System of Birds - Pall and Bernice Noll
- Respiratory System of Birds -PetEducation.com
- Avian Respiration - Gary Ritchison
Classification of Dinosaurs
- Classifications of Saurischian and Ornithischian - Fact Monster
- Saurischian and Ornithischian - Berkeley
- Saurischian and Ornithischian - Dave Hone
Mass of Dinosaurs Compared to Elephants and Whales
- Elephant Facts - San Diego Zoo
- African Elephant - National Geographic
- Whale Facts - The Twins Leslie & Heather
Determining the Weight of Dinosaurs from Models
- Dinosaur Weighing Experiment
- Weighing a Dinosaur Classroom Experiment - Robert Lawrence
- Using Models to Estimate the Mass of Dinosaurs
- Mass of a Whale - Glenn Elert
Relative Strength
- Relative Strength - Ron Lakes
- World Records in Olympic Weightlifting - LIFT UP Olympic Weightlifting
- Strongest Creature - EXTREME SCIENCE
Horses Breaking Their Legs
- Physics-Strain/Stress?
- Fatal Breakdowns - Sarah McCarthy
- Why racehorses are cracking up - Glenn Robertson Smith
- Broken Leg is Bad News for Horse - Daniel Engber
- Clydesdale - Horses and Horse Information
The Blood Pressure Problem
Blood Pressure and the Human Cardiovascular System
Giraffes
Proposed Solutions to the Brachiosaur Blood Pressure Problem
- Hearts, Neck Posture and Metabolic Intensity of Sauropod Dinosaurs - Roger S. Seymour and Harvey B. Lillywhite
- Problem of Pumping Blood to the Head of a Giant Dinosaur - Levenspiel
Chapter 3: The Science of Flight and the Paradox of Flying Pterosaurs
Pterosaurs
- Introduction to the Pterosauria - U. C. MUSEUM OF PALEONTOLOGY
- New Discovery of Pterosaurs with 18m Wingspan - BBC NEWS
- Quetzalcoatlus Northropi - BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK
- Pterodactyls were too heavy to fly - Katsufumi Sato
MacCready's Attempt to Show that Pterosaurs Could Fly
- Bio of Paul MacCready - Academy of Achievement
- Smithsonian to fly motorized pterodacty - Washington Post
- MODEL PTERODACTYL TAKES TO AIR - New York Times
- Pterrible Ptragedy - AP News Archive
- Info on Macreadys pterosaur? - RC Groups.com
How Wings Generate Lift
- Airfoils and Airflow - John S. Denker
- How do airplanes fly, really? - THE STRAIGHT DOPE
- Bernoulli Verse Newton Explanation of Lift - NASA
- How Airplanes Fly - David Anderson and Scott Eberhardt
- Airfoil Lifting Force Misconception - Bill Beaty
- Airfoils - Chris Heintz
- Why does the air flow faster over the top?
Science of Flight
- Forces on a Plane in Flight - NASA
- The Simple Science of Flight - Henk Tennekes
- Aircraft Flight Dynamics - Robert F. Stengel, Princeton University
- Jet Propulsion - Laurence K. Loftin
- Swept Wing - Century of Flight
- Aerodynamic Theory - Kas Kasravi
- Dynamics of Airplane Flight - ABOUT.COM
Drag Coefficient
- Drag Coefficient - NASA
- Drag Coefficient - ENGINEERING TOOLBOX
- Aerodynamic Drag - The Physics Hypertextbook
Data on Airplanes
- Airliner Takeoff Speeds - Jeff Scott
- Boeing 747-400 Jumbo Jet
- Data on Sailplanes
- Supersonic Transport - Wayne Farley's Aviation Blog
- Sopwith Camel - Larry Dwyer, Aviation History On-Line Museum
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk- Cessna
- Cessna R172K
Newton's Laws: F = m a
- Newton's Laws Applied to Automobiles - AUTOINSURANCECENTER
- PowerPoint on Newton's Laws of Motion - JEFFERSON LAB
- Explanation of Newton's Laws of Motion - R Nave, HyperPhysics
- Explains Force Diagrams - Doug Davis
Fluid Dynamics
Spruce Goose
- Spruce Goose - Mike Neely
- Spruce Goose - Michael King Smith
- How come the Spruce Goose flew only once? - Cecil Adams
- Spruce Goose - EVERGREEN AVIATION MUSEUM
Wright Flyer
Human Powered Flight
- Gossamer Albatross - AeroVironment
- Human Powered Flight - SKYTEC ENGINEERING
- Human Powered Flight - Chris Roper
Science of Flight Applied to Birds
Animal Power
Adenosine Triphosphate ATP
Largest Flying Birds
- Wild Turkey - All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- Albatross
- Mute Swan - New York Environmental Conservation
- Golden Eagle - Mykkola Rud
- California Condors - National Parks Conservation
- Wandering Albatross - Birds in Backyards
- Bird Fact and Records - Gordon Ramel
Bird Respiration and Thermoregulation
- Avian Respiration - Gary Ritchison
- Bird Breathing
- Breathing in Birds - Gordon Ramel
- Avian Thermoregulation - Gary Ritchison
Bats
Argentavis
'Flying' Reptiles
Pterosaurs
- Introduction to the Pterosauria - U. C. MUSEUM OF PALEONTOLOGY
- New Discovery of Pterosaurs with 18m Wingspan - BBC NEWS
- Quetzalcoatlus Northropi - BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK
- Pterodactyls were too heavy to fly - TELEGRAPH
- Pterosaurs: The Flying Reptiles - Bob Strauss
- Data from Seabirds and Implication for Flying Pterosaurs - Katsufumi Sato
Chapter 4: Solution to the Dinosaur Paradox
Scientific Critical Thinking
- Carl Sagan's Baloney Detection Kit - Carl Sagan
- Occam's Razor - Sugihara Hiroshi and Phil Gibbs
- List of Common Fallacies - Jim Walker
- Greek Thought: Socrates, Plato and Aristotle - Steven Kreis
- The Beginning of Modern Science - Kelley L. Ross
The Role of Mathematics in Science
Dominate Species
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