Emergence : the connected lives of ants, brains, cities, and software / Steven Johnson.

By:

Johnson, Steven, 1968-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Penguin Books, c2001.Description: 288 p. : ill., map ; 20 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780140287752 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

003.7 JOH 23 008542

LOC classification:

Q325 .J65 2001

Review: "Emergence is what happens when an interconnected system of relatively simple elements self-organizes to form more intelligent, more adaptive higher-level behavior. It's a bottom-up model, rather than being engineered by a general or a master planner; emergence begins at the ground level. Systems that at first glance seem vastly different - ant colonies, human brains, cities, immune systems - all turn out to follow the rules of emergence.Summary: In each of these systems, agents residing on one scale start producing behavior that lies a scale above them: ants create colonies, urbanites create neighborhoods. In the tradition of Being Digital and The Tipping Point, Steven Johnson takes readers on an eye-opening intellectual journey from the discovery of emergence to its applications."--BOOK JACKET.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	003.7 JOH 008542 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		008542

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-274) and index.

"Emergence is what happens when an interconnected system of relatively simple elements self-organizes to form more intelligent, more adaptive higher-level behavior. It's a bottom-up model, rather than being engineered by a general or a master planner; emergence begins at the ground level. Systems that at first glance seem vastly different - ant colonies, human brains, cities, immune systems - all turn out to follow the rules of emergence.

In each of these systems, agents residing on one scale start producing behavior that lies a scale above them: ants create colonies, urbanites create neighborhoods. In the tradition of Being Digital and The Tipping Point, Steven Johnson takes readers on an eye-opening intellectual journey from the discovery of emergence to its applications."--BOOK JACKET.

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