College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
11A10.60 - Metabolism Human and Others
- Scott A. Lee, "The Metabolism of Dinosaurs Running at Their Maximum Speed", TPT, Vol. 63, #2, Feb. 2025, p. 102.
- Scott Lee, "Newton's Law of Cooling and the Size of Sifrhippus Sandrae, the Earliest Horse, During the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum", TPT, Vol. 62, #9, Dec. 2024, p. 766.
- Correction: "Which Had the Highest Metabolism While in the Egg: Dinosaurs, Crocodiles, or Birds?", TPT Vol. 62, #9, Dec. 2024, p. 710.
- Scott A. Lee, Joanna G. Larson, Joshua Thomas, "Which Had the Highest Metabolism While in the Egg: Dinosaurs, Crocodiles, or Birds", TPT, Vol. 62, #8, Nov. 2024, p. 629.
- Craig F. Bohren, "Cooling Rates of Humans in Air and in Water: An Experiment", TPT, Vol. 50, #9, Dec. 2012, p. 560.
- Craig F. Bohren, "Why do Objects Cool More Rapidly in Water Than in Still Air", TPT, Vol. 49, #9, Dec. 2011, p. 550.
- Daniel J. Graham, David V. Schacht, "Simple Estimate of the Human Metabolic Rate", AJP, Vol. 69, #6, June 2001, p. 723.
- Robert Ehrlich, "I.9. - Rate of Cooling", Turning the World Inside Out, p. 121.
- Julius Sumner Miller, "Q 217 and A 217", Millergrams II, p. 67 & p. 115.
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