Emergence: The Connected Lives Of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software by Steve Johnson Discover America State by State (Hardcover) ISBN: 9781633341333

ISBN:  9781633341333

revised 1983)

so too does the first of life's many choices

Year published:  2005

use it as a vase

Emergence: The Connected Lives Of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software by Steve Johnson Discover America State by State (Hardcover) ISBN: 9781633341333In the tradition of Being Digital and The Tipping Point, Steven Johnson, acclaimed as a "cultural critic with a poet's heart" (The Village Voice), takes readers on an eye opening journey through emergence theory and its applications. A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKA VOICE LITERARY SUPPLEMENT TOP 25 FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEARAN ESQUIRE MAGAZINE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Explaining why the whole is sometimes smarter than the sum of its parts, Johnson presents