Armed with a backhoe and a handful of markers, Deborah Gordon studies ant colonies in the Arizona desert. She asks: How do these chitinous creatures get down to business -- and even multitask when they need to -- with no language, memory or visible leadership? Her answers could lead to a better understanding of all complex systems, from the brain to the Web.
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I must thank the reader known to me only as CAC for sending me DVDs of the Inside Nature's Giants programs.
Someone call Sam Raimi!
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