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Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software |
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Amazon.com's Best of 2001
An individual ant, like an individual neuron, is just about as dumb as can be. Connect enough of them together properly, though, and you get spontaneous intelligence. Web pundit Steven Johnson explains what we know about this phenomenon with a rare lucidity in Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software. Starting with the weird behavior of the semi-colonial organisms we call slime molds, Johnson details the development of inc... >> |
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Applied Fluid Mechanics (5th Edition) |
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From Book News, Inc.
A revised and updated textbook (3rd ed., 1990) presenting the principles of fluid mechanics and their application to practical problems. Primary emphasis is on fluid properties, fluid statics, flow of fluids in pipes and noncircular conduits, pump selection and application, open channel flow, forces developed by fluids in motion, the design and analysis of HVAC ducts, the flow of gases, and the measurement of pressure, density, viscosity, and flow. Assumes an un... >> |
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Transport Phenomena, 2nd Edition |
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From Book News, Inc.
One of the fundamental engineering sciences, the study of transport phenomena has applications in a number of emerging fields, such as biotechnology, nanotechnology, and polymer science. While not aiming to be a comprehensive treatment of the subject, this text presents enough material for both an introductory and an advanced course. The second edition features new coverage on a number of topics, including Taylor dispersion, angular momentum conservation, and m... >> |
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