Emergence: The Connected Lives Of Ants, Brains, Cities And Software by Steven Johnson

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Steven Johnson's Emergence : The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities and Software is a fascinating look at how self-organising systems are changing the world. Why do people clu ster together in neighborhoods? 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. This 2002 Penguin Paperback is in fair condition. Front and back pages foxed, cover dogeared, otherwise good readable condition. ISBN: 9780140287752 SKU: 1579584 This image is of the actual book. Show more