Geoffrey West
Geoffrey West | |
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| Born | Geoffrey Brian West 15 December 1940 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) 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 (see also, urban scaling). Among other things, his work states that with the doubling of a city's population, salaries per capita will generally increase by 15%.