Emergence : the connected lives of ants, brains, cities and software / Steven Johnson.
By: Johnson, Steven
Publisher: London : Penguin, 2002Description: 384p. : ill., facsim., map; 20cm001: 8133ISBN: 0140287752Subject(s): Self-organizing systems | Systems developmentDDC classification: 003.7 JOH
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Why do people cluster together in neighbourhoods?
How do Internet communities spring up from nowhere?
Why is a brain conscious even though no single neuron is?
What causes a media frenzy?
The answer, as Steven Johnson's groundbreaking book shows, is emergence- change that occurs from the bottom up. When enough individual elements interact and organize themselves, the result is collective intelligence - even though no one is in charge. It is a phenomenon that exists at every level of experience, and will revolutionize the way we see the world.
Originally published: London: Allen Lane, 2001.
Includes index.
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