From the Book - First U.S. edition.
I: Size as the measure of all things. Between large and small
Modernity's infatuation with larger sizes
Extremes, and how we got to know them
II: Perceptions, illusions, measurements. Expectations and surprises : preferred views and giant screens
Delusions of size and seeing what is not there
Measurements : the advantages of being tall
III: Proportions, symmetry, and asymmetry. Proportions : bodies, buildings, paintings
Symmetries : everywhere we look?
Golden ratio : ubiquitous or imaginary?
IV: Size designs: the good, the bad, the outrageous. Human scale : ergonomics and airline seats
Changing sizes : incomes, machines, and vanities
Limits of size, or why some records will remain unbroken
V: Size and scaling. Swift's errors, Galilei's explanations
A brief history of allometry : of skin and crab claws
Scaling of organs : brains, hearts, bones
VI: Metabolic scaling. Scaling of metabolism : what it takes to keep us alive
Metabolic theories exceptions, uncertainties
Scaling of artifacts : the metabolism of machines
VII: Symmetries around means. How normal became normal
Normal distributions, giant trees, IQ, and basketball
Normal curves : from antlers to quality control
VIII: When asymmetries rule. The duality of size distributions
Inverse power laws : between rarity and abundance
Orderly asymmetries or wishful thinking?
IX: Summations for the electronic age.