The process of self-organization reveals itself in the inanimate worlds of crystals and seashells, but, as Len Fisher shows, it is also evident in living organisms, from fish to ants to human beings. Understanding the swarm intelligence inherent in groups can help us do everything from throw a better party to start a fad to make our interactions with others more powerful. Hum...(展开全部)

One of the greatest discoveries of recent times is that the complex patterns we find in life are often produced when all of the individuals in a group follow the same simple rule. This process of self-organization” reveals itself in the inanimate worlds of crystals and seashells, but as Len Fisher shows, it is also evident in living organisms, from fish to ants to human beings....(展开全部)

~ 本世紀最波濤洶湧的小說 ~ 當大海有了智慧，第一個念頭竟是殺人…… 狂銷300萬冊的德國出版史奇蹟！連續104週排行榜冠軍！即將開拍電影 最厚，也最賣的小說！ 在秘魯，一名漁夫從海上消失。 法國頂級餐廳「三個胖子」的廚房裡，鮮美的龍蝦用牠黑色的眼睛盯住大廚，然後，自己爆炸了。來自海底的訊息，從都市下水道流瀉蔓延…… 加拿大沿海的鯨群遲到了好幾個星期，受到賞鯨民眾歡喜相迎時，竟反常地聯手展開攻擊。 蚌類開始擁有導航的本領、湧向行駛中的貨輪，直到船舵被絞碎成堆的蚌殼堵到動彈不得為止；墨西哥梭子蟹引發了中毒恐慌；一群群劇毒的水母聚集岸邊，威脅著澳洲和印尼。 交織在深海中的電纜被扯斷了，大西洋兩岸完全失去連繫，電話、網路頓時成了廢物；直布羅陀海峽、麻六甲海峽和英吉利海峽，地球上最重要的貿易命脈一一癱瘓。 這一切之間似乎沒有任何聯繫，但身為生物學家，西谷．...(展开全部)

The shitstorm represents an authentic phenomenon of digital communication. -- from In the Swarm Digital communication and social media have taken over our lives. In this contrarian reflection on digitized life, Byung-Chul Han counters the cheerleaders for Twitter revolutions and Facebook activism by arguing that digital communication is in fact responsible for the disintegratio...(展开全部)

~ 本世紀最波濤洶湧的小說 ~ 當大海有了智慧，第一個念頭竟是殺人…… 狂銷300萬冊的德國出版史奇蹟！連續104週排行榜冠軍！即將開拍電影 最厚，也最賣的小說！ 在秘魯，一名漁夫從海上消失。 法國頂級餐廳「三個胖子」的廚房裡，鮮美的龍蝦用牠黑色的眼睛盯住大廚，然後，自己爆炸了。來自海底的訊息，從都市下水道流瀉蔓延…… 加拿大沿海的鯨群遲到了好幾個星期，受到賞鯨民眾歡喜相迎時，竟反常地聯手展開攻擊。 蚌類開始擁有導航的本領、湧向行駛中的貨輪，直到船舵被絞碎成堆的蚌殼堵到動彈不得為止；墨西哥梭子蟹引發了中毒恐慌；一群群劇毒的水母聚集岸邊，威脅著澳洲和印尼。 交織在深海中的電纜被扯斷了，大西洋兩岸完全失去連繫，電話、網路頓時成了廢物；直布羅陀海峽、麻六甲海峽和英吉利海峽，地球上最重要的貿易命脈一一癱瘓。 這一切之間似乎沒有任何聯繫，但身為生物學家，西谷．...(展开全部)

Traditional methods for creating intelligent computational systems have privileged private 'internal' cognitive and computational processes. In contrast, "Swarm Intelligence" argues that human intelligence derives from the interactions of individuals in a social world and further, that this model of intelligence can be effectively applied to artificially intelligent systems. Th...(展开全部)

Traditional methods for creating intelligent computational systems have privileged private 'internal' cognitive and computational processes. In contrast, "Swarm Intelligence" argues that human intelligence derives from the interactions of individuals in a social world and further, that this model of intelligence can be effectively applied to artificially intelligent systems. Th...(展开全部)

In his new book, perhaps the most cogent expression of his mature thought, Jean Baudrillard turns detective in order to investigate a crime which he hopes may yet be solved: the murder of reality. To solve the crime would be to unravel the social and technological processes by which reality has quite simply vanished under the deadly glare of media real time. But Baudrillard is ...(展开全部)

In his new book, perhaps the most cogent expression of his mature thought, Jean Baudrillard turns detective in order to investigate a crime which he hopes may yet be solved: the murder of reality. To solve the crime would be to unravel the social and technological processes by which reality has quite simply vanished under the deadly glare of media real time. But Baudrillard is ...(展开全部)

Would you defend your husband if he was accused of killing his mistress? Sarah Morgan is a successful and powerful defense attorney in Washington D.C. At 33 years old, she is a named partner at her firm and life is going exactly how she planned. The same cannot be said for her husband, Adam. He is a struggling writer who has had little success in his career. He begins to tire o...(展开全部)