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Jā, es šim interesantajam apstāklim uzdūros vienā pirms gadiem 100 publicētajā esejā, "On Being the Right Size". Tur vēl viss kaut kas interesants bija. Piemēram:
But it is time that we pass to some of the advantages of size.
One of the most obvious is that it enables one to keep warm. All warm-blooded animals at rest lose the same amount of heat from a unit area of skin, for which purpose they need a food-supply proportional to their surface and not to their weight.
Five thousand mice weigh as much as a man. Their combined surface and food or oxygen consumption are about seventeen times a man’s.
In fact a mouse eats about one quarter its own weight of food every day, which is mainly used in keeping it warm.
But it is time that we pass to some of the advantages of size.
One of the most obvious is that it enables one to keep warm. All warm-blooded animals at rest lose the same amount of heat from a unit area of skin, for which purpose they need a food-supply proportional to their surface and not to their weight.
Five thousand mice weigh as much as a man. Their combined surface and food or oxygen consumption are about seventeen times a man’s.
In fact a mouse eats about one quarter its own weight of food every day, which is mainly used in keeping it warm.
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Jā, miglaini atceros, ka tā siltuma uzturēšana ir caur brūnajiem taukiem (kuru cilvēkiem ir maz) un tamējos taukos esošais uncoupling protein 1 tiek pētīts kā iespējams mērķis līdzekļiem pret aptaukošanos.
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Tā ir absolūti izcila eseja un viens no tiem daiļdarbiem, kas savulaik būtiski izmainīja manu domāšanu. Tur ir par bioloģiju un kā vēl, bet tas arī nav tikai par bioloģiju.
Kā, starp citu, tev pagadījās viņai uzdurties?
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Es par šo eseju izlasīju Artūra Klarka "Profiles of the Future" (kura, savukārt, pati par sevi man šķiet līdzīgas klases eseju apkopojums).
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