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Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams - (Complex Adaptive Systems) by Mitchel Resnick (Paperback)
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- How does a bird flock keep its movements so graceful and synchronized?
- About the Author: Mitchel Resnick, an expert in educational technologies, is Professor of Learning Research at the MIT Media Lab.His research group develops the Scratch programming software and online community, the world's largest coding platform for kids.
- 184 Pages
- Psychology, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition
- Series Name: Complex Adaptive Systems
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How does a bird flock keep its movements so graceful and synchronized? Most people assume that the bird in front leads and the others follow. In fact, bird flocks don't have leaders: they are organized without an organizer, coordinated without a coordinator. And a surprising number of other systems, from termite colonies to traffic jams to economic systems, work the same decentralized way. Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams describes innovative new computational tools that can qhelp people (even young children) explore the workings of such systems--and help them move beyond the centralized mindset.Review Quotes
"Mitchel Resnick's book is one of the very few in the field of computing with an interdisciplinary discourse that can reach beyond the technical community to philsophers, psychologists, and historians and sociologists of science."--Sherry Turkle, Professor, Program in Science, Technology, and Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
" Mitchel Resnick's book is one of the very few in the field of computing with an interdisciplinary discourse that can reach beyond the technical community to philsophers, psychologists, and historians and sociologists of science." -- Sherry Turkle, Professor, Program in Science, Technology, and Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
" Mitchel Resnick's book is one of the very few in the field of computing with an interdisciplinary discourse that can reach beyond the technical community to philsophers, psychologists, and historians and sociologists of science." -- Sherry Turkle, Professor, Program in Science, Technology, and Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
-- Sherry Turkle, Professor, Program in Science, Technology, and Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
About the Author
Mitchel Resnick, an expert in educational technologies, is Professor of Learning Research at the MIT Media Lab.His research group develops the Scratch programming software and online community, the world's largest coding platform for kids. He has worked closely with the LEGO company on educational ideas and products, such as the LEGO Mindstorms robotics kits, and he cofounded the Computer Clubhouse project, an international network of after-school learning centers for youth from low-income communities.Dimensions (Overall): 8.88 Inches (H) x 5.93 Inches (W) x .48 Inches (D)
Weight: .65 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 184
Genre: Psychology
Sub-Genre: Cognitive Psychology & Cognition
Series Title: Complex Adaptive Systems
Publisher: Bradford Book
Format: Paperback
Author: Mitchel Resnick
Language: English
Street Date: January 22, 1997
TCIN: 1006893232
UPC: 9780262680936
Item Number (DPCI): 247-04-3494
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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