Foundations of Energy
How energy is stored, transferred and transformed — from falling objects to living cells.
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4 concepts viewed through this lens. Bridge concepts connect this view to Aerospace Engineering, Aesthetics, Arithmetic, Biochemistry….
Legend
- Focused concept
- Connected concept
- Bridge concept (just outside the lens)
- Arrow points from cause / source to effect / target
- A line with no arrow is a two-way relationship
- Node colour marks the concept’s primary discipline
3 concepts2 relationships11 disciplines2 relation families
Surface-area-to-volume ratio
Open concept →At a glance
As things grow, volume outpaces surface area — a limit that shapes cells, animals and buildings.
- Disciplines
- Biology · Mathematics · Architecture · Geometry · Cell Biology
- Role in the graph
- Cross-disciplinary bridge — reaches Arithmetic, Biochemistry, Nutrition Science, Organic Chemistry, Physiology, Systems Biology
- Relationships
- 2 · 2 relation families
- Mental models
- 2
What am I looking at?
In this lens (4)
- illuminated by this discipline
- illuminated by this discipline
- illuminated by this discipline
- illuminated by this discipline
Bridge concepts (5)
Just outside the lens — they connect it to other context.
- Aesthetics, Industrial Design, Philosophy · connects to Architectural space
- Civil Engineering, Engineering · connects to Building code
- Load1Aerospace Engineering, Civil Engineering, Engineering, Structural Engineering · connects to Building envelope
- Biochemistry, Biology, Cell Biology, Nutrition Science, Organic Chemistry, Physiology, Systems Biology · connects to Surface-area-to-volume ratio
- Arithmetic, Mathematics · connects to Surface-area-to-volume ratio
Insights from this view
Structural observations about the concepts shown here — descriptions of this graph, not claims about the world.
- This view connects 11 disciplines: Architecture, Arithmetic, Biochemistry, Biology, Cell Biology, Geometry, Mathematics, Nutrition Science, Organic Chemistry, Physiology, Systems Biology.
- Surface-area-to-volume ratio is a bridge concept — viewed here through Architecture, Biology, Cell Biology, Geometry, Mathematics.
- Scale explains 2 concepts in this view (Architecture, Arithmetic, Biology, Cell Biology, Geometry, Mathematics).
Relationships as a list
The focused concept’s relationships. Pick another concept in the graph above to update this list.
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By thinking pattern
Bayesian updatingCause and effectCompoundingConservationConstraintsDefense in depthDiffusion & spreadEmergenceEnergy transformationEntropy & irreversibilityEquilibriumFeedback loopIncentivesInformationLevels & hierarchyModularityNetworksOptimizationOscillationProbabilityRecursion & self-similarityScaleSignal vs noiseSource–pathway–receptorStocks and flowsSymmetry & invarianceThresholds & tipping pointsTrade-offsTriangulationVariation & selectionWaves
Concept collections
Concept collections are curated lenses onto the fabric — themed sets of ideas that recur across disciplines. They are not journeys; they are a way to read the graph.
Understanding Systems
Stocks, flows and feedback — why wholes behave in ways their parts do not.
Patterns Everywhere
Regularities that recur across maths, music, nature and art.
How Information Moves
Encoding, signals and noise — the same idea in computers, genes and nerves.
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What this is
Start from one concept and expand outward. The view never shows everything at once — click a node to refocus, filter by relationship type, or switch to an accessible list.
One fabric
3750 concepts and 5051 typed relations form one connected component — no isolated silo.
How to read it
Focus a concept, or apply a lens (discipline, mental model, journey) to see only the threads that matter.