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November 15, 2012

Can Physics Reveal a Theory of Bird Flocking?

MIT Tech. Review, MIT Technology Review


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Flocking is a hugely spectacular phenomena, as anyone who has watched the large scale behaviour of ants or sheep or starlings or even humans can attest.

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TAGGED: physics, birds, motion, flocking

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