The Biology of B-Movie Monsters

Size has been one of the most popular themes in monster movies, especially those from the 1950s. The premise is invariably to take something out of its usual context - making people small or something else (gorillas, grasshoppers, amoebae, etc.) large - and then play with the consequences. However, Hollywood's approach to the concept has been, from a biologist's perspective, hopelessly naive. Absolute size cannot be treated in isolation; size per se affects almost every aspect of an organism's biology. Indeed, the effects of size on biology are sufficiently pervasive and the study of these effects sufficiently rich in biological insight that the field has earned a name of its own: "scaling." Read more at http://fathom.lib.uchicago.edu/2/21701757/

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