022: Tracking the Collective Behavior of Sheep with Dr. Francesco Ginelli
Verge of Discovery
English - December 07, 2015 05:36 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsScience Technology dna einstein genius nasa biology brain chemistry college electricity energy Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Dr. Francesco Ginelli’s work is all about collective effects. The idea is that when you have a system composed of many units, certain collective properties of a system may emerge unexpectedly out of rather simple individual rules. Dr. Ginelli discusses his work in the study of collective behavior in animal groups and sheep in particular. He discusses the techniques of his study and what that means for our world as a whole.