| Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams: Explorations in Massively Parallel Microworlds Revised Edition Contributor(s): Resnick, Mitchel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0262680939 ISBN-13: 9780262680936 Publisher: MIT Press OUR PRICE: $39.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1997 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Cognitive Psychology & Cognition - Computers | Computer Science - Psychology | Neuropsychology |
| Dewey: 003.7 |
| LCCN: 94010956 |
| Series: Complex Adaptive Systems |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 5.93" W x 8.88" (0.65 lbs) 184 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Resnick, Mitchel: - 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. |