Emergence: the connected lives of ants, brains, cities and software

By:

Johnson, Steven

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: 2004 Scribner New YorkDescription: 288 pISBN:

9780684868769

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

003.7 J6E6

Summary: In the tradition of Being Digital and The Tipping Point, Steven Johnson, acclaimed as a cultural critic with a poet's heart (The Village Voice), takes readers on an eye-opening journey through emergence theory and its applications. Explaining why the whole is sometimes smarter than the sum of its parts, Johnson presents surprising examples of feedback, self-organization, and adaptive learning. How does a lively neighborhood evolve out of a disconnected group of shopkeepers, bartenders, and real estate developers? How does a media event take on a life of its own? How will new software programs create an intelligent World Wide Web? (http://books.simonandschuster.com/Emergence/Steven-Johnson/9780684868769)

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In the tradition of Being Digital and The Tipping Point, Steven Johnson, acclaimed as a cultural critic with a poet's heart (The Village Voice), takes readers on an eye-opening journey through emergence theory and its applications. Explaining why the whole is sometimes smarter than the sum of its parts, Johnson presents surprising examples of feedback, self-organization, and adaptive learning. How does a lively neighborhood evolve out of a disconnected group of shopkeepers, bartenders, and real estate developers? How does a media event take on a life of its own? How will new software programs create an intelligent World Wide Web? (http://books.simonandschuster.com/Emergence/Steven-Johnson/9780684868769)

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