Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software (Taschenbuch) von Steven Johnson   Rezensionen: An individual ant, like an individual neuron, is just about as dumb as can be. Connect enough of them together properly, though, and you get spontaneous intelligence. Web pundit Steven Johnson explains what we know about this phenomenon with a rare lucidity inEmergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software. Starting with the weird behavior of the semi-colonial organisms we call slime molds, Johnson details the development of increasingly complex and familiar behavior among simple components: cells, insects, and software developers all find their place in greater schemes. Most game players, alas, live on something close to day-trader time, at least when they're in the middle of a game--thinking more about their next move than their next meal, and usually blissfully oblivious to the ten- or twenty-year trajectory of software development. No one wants to play with a toy that's going to be fun after a few decades of tinkering--the toys have to be engagingnow, or kids will find other toys. Johnson has a knack for explaining complicated and counterintuitive ideas cleverly without stealing the scene. Though we're far from fully understanding how complex behavior manifests from simple units and rules, our awareness that such emergence is possible is guiding research across disciplines. Readers unfamiliar with the sciences of complexity will findEmergencean excellent starting point, while those who were chaotic before it was cool will appreciate its updates and wider scope.--Rob Lightner-- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels. © 1998-2001 Amazon.com, Inc. und Tochtergesellschaften Alle Rezensionen ansehen...   Angebote zu  Emergence ,  Connected ,  Lives  ab 1 Euro! Siehe auch folgende Artikel: Emergence. From Chaos to Order von John H. Holland Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order (Penguin Press Science) von Steven Strogatz Mind Wide Open: Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life von Steven Johnson Self-Organization in Biological Systems (Princeton Studies in Complexity) von Scott Camazine Mehr zu  Information Theory,  Urban,  Environmental,  Chaos & Systems,  System Theory,  Science,  History of Science,  Acoustics & Sound,  Chaos & Systems,  System Theory Home ...,    Angebote ansehen ...,    Begleitseite ... Herausgeber dieser Seite ist DomainLoc.com GmbH - Partner von Amazon.de Copyright © DomainLoc.com GmbH (Impressum)