Zootechnologies : A Media History of Swarm Research

Swarming has become a fundamental cultural technique related to dynamic processes and an effective metaphor for the collaborative efforts of society. This book examines the media history of swarm research and its significance to current socio-technological processes. It shows that the hype about col...

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Autor principal: Sebastian Vehlken
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Publicado: Routledge 2019
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