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Emergence-Simple Rules, Complex Systems
Lecture no. 23 from the course: 12 Essential Scientific Concepts
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Taught by Professor Indre Viskontas | 31 min | Categories: Science
The science of emergence explains how simple agents together perform complex feats that are impossible for individual agents to accomplish on their own. Consider what emergence can tell us about seemingly chaotic scenarios through several case studies from wildlife, including ant colonies and flocks of birds.
24 Lectures
1
The Miracle of Life
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of 34 min
2
The Organization of Life
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of 29 min
3
Evolution-The Tireless Tinkerer
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of 30 min
4
Other Mechanisms of Evolution
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of 31 min
5
DNA and Heritability
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of 30 min
6
Epigenetics, Mutations, and Gene Insertion
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of 31 min
7
The Illusion of Coherence-How We See
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of 29 min
8
Acoustic Perception Deconstructed
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of 30 min
9
Our Changing Brain
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of 29 min
10
Plasticity, Brain Training, and Beyond
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of 31 min
11
Magnetism and Its Magic
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of 28 min
12
Electrical Forces, Fields, and Circuits
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of 28 min
13
Thermodynamics-Heat, Energy, and Work
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of 29 min
14
Metabolism-Energy in the Cell
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of 31 min
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Fluid Mechanics-Pressure, Buoyancy, Flow
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of 28 min
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Navigation and Propulsion in Fluids
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of 30 min
17
The Big Bang That Didn't
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of 29 min
18
The Four Forces of Nature
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of 32 min
19
The Elements of Everything
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of 29 min
20
Looks like a Particle, Acts like a Wave
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of 30 min
21
Quanta, Uncertainty, and a Cat
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of 31 min
22
String Theory, Membranes, and the Multiverse
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of 31 min
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Emergence-Simple Rules, Complex Systems
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of 31 min
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Order out of Chaos
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