Episode 20: Power Law School

Why are power laws so ubiquitous in nature? And how can they teach us about space? In today’s episode, we dive into some classic research results to understand the properties of objects at all scales and sizes. Malena has her head in the (molecular) clouds, Will gets a little peculiar, and Alex takes pulsars for a spin.

 

astrobites.org/2012/11/18

astrobites.org/2016/06/30

astrobites.org/2017/04/11

 

Space sound: youtube.com/watch?v=WJ9Go1PnAVA

 

Power laws derivation: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/courses/2006/cmplxsys899/powerlaws.pdf