Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams: Explorations in Massively Parallel Microworlds

A Bradford Book. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [157]-163). Foreword / Seymour Papert -- 1. Foundations. The Era Of Decentralization -- 2. Constructions. Constructionism. Lego/logo. Starlogo. Objects And Parallelism -- 3. Explorations. Simulations And Stimulations. Slime Mold. Artificial Ants. Traffic Jams. Termites. Turtles And Frogs. Turtle Ecology. New Turtle Geometry. Forest Fire. Recursive Trees -- 4. Reflections. The Centralized Mindset. Beyond The Centralized Mindset -- 5. Projections. Growing Up -- Appendix B: Starlogo Overview. Mitchel Resnick. Includes Bibliographical References.