Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams

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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, birdflocks don't have leaders: they are organized without an organizer, coordinatedwithout a coordinator. And a surprising number of other systems, from termitecolonies to traffic jams to economic systems, work the same decentralized way.Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams describes innovative new computational toolsthat can qhelp people (even young children) explore the workings of suchsystems--and help them move beyond the centralized mindset.