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Subjects
Mathematics & Sciences
ISBN
9780262680936

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
MIT Press
ISBN-10
0262680939
ISBN-13
9780262680936
eBay Product ID (ePID)
461943

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
184 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams : Explorations in Massively Parallel Microworlds
Subject
Computer Science, General
Publication Year
1997
Features
Reprint
Type
Textbook
Author
Mitchel Resnick
Subject Area
Computers, Psychology
Series
Complex Adaptive Systems Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
7.3 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
5.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
94-010956
Reviews
"Mitchel Resnick's book is one of the very few in the field of computing with an interdisciplinary discourse that can reach beyond the technical community to philsophers, psychologists, and historians and sociologists of science." -Sherry Turkle, Professor, Program in Science, Technology, and Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Edition Description
Reprint
Synopsis
How does a bird flock keep its movements so graceful and synchronized? Most people assume that the bird in front leads and the others follow. In fact, bird flocks don't have leaders- they are organized without an organizer, coordinated without a coordinator. And a surprising number of other systems, from termite colonies to traffic jams to economic systems, work the same decentralized way. Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams describes innovative new computational tools that can qhelp people (even young children) explore the workings of such systems-and help them move beyond the centralized mindset., How does a bird flock keep its movements so graceful and synchronized? Most people assume that the bird in front leads and the others follow. In fact, bird flocks don't have leaders: they are organized without an organizer, coordinated without a coordinator. And a surprising number of other systems, from termite colonies to traffic jams to economic systems, work the same decentralized way. Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams describes innovative new computational tools that can qhelp people (even young children) explore the workings of such systems--and help them move beyond the centralized mindset.
LC Classification Number
QA76.58.R47 1997

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