Geoffrey West | |
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| Born | Geoffrey Brian West 15 December 1940[1] Taunton, Somerset, United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge Stanford University |
| Known for | Metabolic theory of ecology |
| Spouse | Jacqueline West |
| Awards | Weldon Memorial Prize (2005) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical physics Theoretical biology |
| Institutions | Santa Fe Institute Los Alamos National Laboratory University of New Mexico |
| Thesis | I. Form Factors of the Three-Body Nuclei II. Coulomb Scattering and the Form Factor of the Pion (1966) |
| Website | santafe |
Geoffrey Brian West (born 15 December 1940)[1] 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%.[2]
- ^ a b West, Geoffrey B. (11 June 2014). "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). sfi-edu.s3.amazonaws.com. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ Bettencourt, L. M. A.; Lobo, J.; Helbing, D.; Kuhnert, C.; West, G. B. (2007). "Growth, innovation, scaling, and the pace of life in cities". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104 (17): 7301–7306. Bibcode:2007PNAS..104.7301B. doi:10.1073/pnas.0610172104. PMC 1852329. PMID 17438298.