Quote by Neal Stephenson Download Open image ““How slow can a mammal be and still have respiratory functions?”” — Neal Stephenson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“We differ from other large mammals, but not much from rodents, in the great variety of habitats we now occupy and in the population… — Stephen Oppenheimer Copy Share Image
“If you tell me the size of a mammal, I can use the scaling laws to tell you almost everything about the average values… — Geoffrey West Copy Share Image
“That's the natural response for all running mammals; when they build up more heat in their bodies than they can puff out their mouths,… — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
“We have accessory respiratory muscles in our necks that help us breathe faster for short periods.” — Wim Hof Copy Share Image
“...there is something very vital happening when we breathe—without it we die—but trying to speed it up, force it, grasp it, push it away… — Ed halliwell Copy Share Image
“An aspiration can only go as far as the duration of time you are willing to suffer to see it through.” — M.B. Watson Copy Share Image
“Analogy of scientist who try to reach the higher speed: A child ant is tired after the long walk in a body of a… — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
“It was the size of an ox, of a bull elephant, of a lifetime. It stared at them, and it paused for a hundred… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Tell me the size of a mammal and I can tell you, to about 85 per cent level, pretty much everything about its physiology… — Geoffrey West Copy Share Image
We already live a very long time for mammals, getting three times as many heartbeats as a mouse or elephant. It never seems enough… — David Brin Copy Share Image
“I study dead languages for a living,” I said. “That’s why you hired me. Why should I be up to speed on your line… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“Other people - store clerks, burger flippers, software engineers, the whole vocabulary of meaningless jobs that make up Life in America - other people… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“It is what you don’t expect,” he’d said, “that most needs looking for.” “Do” — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“...the insects here see you as a big slab of animated but not very well defended food. The ability to move, far from being… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“There was no way that these guys were going to let a bleeding, barefoot woman simply wander off alone into the streets. Two of… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“Space and Time! Two minor omissions that no one is likely to notice," grumbled Newton.” — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
See, the world is full of things more powerful than us. But if you know how to catch a ride, you can go places, — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“Hey,” Shaftoe says, “if we surrender to you, you’ll kill us. Right?” “Yes.” “If you guys surrender to us, we won’t kill you. Promise.… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“My men think you are dead now, and won’t waste balls on you,” Jack said. “In fact I have let you live, but for… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“You’ve probably heard the expression that the Industry feeds off of biomass, like a whale straining krill from the ocean.” — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“The Deliverator belongs to an elite order, a hallowed subcategory. He’s got esprit up to here. Right now, he is preparing to carry out… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
Interesting things happen along borders - transitions - not in the middle where everything is the same. — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
