Runners start the 2018 Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon. Race starts are the perfect place to study crowds because so many variables are controlled. Photo: Dickson Lee
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Marathon crowds prove perfect place to study hydrodynamic theory as crowd flows as one
- Scientists are turning to marathons to study crowd dynamics because races have simple geometry, replicability and reliable variables direction
Runners start the 2018 Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon. Race starts are the perfect place to study crowds because so many variables are controlled. Photo: Dickson Lee
