| Description |
xxxv, 281 p. : ill. |
| Series |
Posthumanities ; v. 11 |
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Posthumanities ; 11.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : insects in the age of technology -- Nineteenth-century insect technics : the uncanny affects of insects -- Genesis of form: insect architecture and swarms -- Technics of nature and temporality : Uexkll's ethology -- Metamorphosis, intensity, and devouring space : elements for an insect game theory -- Intermezzo -- Animal ensembles, robotic affects : bees, milieus, and individuation -- Biomorphs and boids : swarming algorithms -- Sexual selection in the biodigital: teknolust and the weird life of SRAs -- Epilogue : insect media as an art of transmutation. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Swarm intelligence.
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Insects -- Behavior -- Mathematical models.
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Bionics.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780816667390 (hc : alk. paper) |
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9780816667406 (pb : alk. paper) |
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9780816675241 (electronic bk.) |
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