<DIV><B> What ants, bees, fish, and smart swarms can teach about communication, organization, and decision-making. </B><br><BR> The modern world may be obsessed with speed and productivity, but twenty-first-century humans actually have much to learn from the ancient instincts of swarmers. A fascinating new take on collective intelligence and its colorful manifestations in some of our most complex problems, <I>The Smart Swarm</I> introduces a compelling new understanding on solving our own problems relating to such topics as business, politics, and technology.<br><BR> This lively tour from <I>National Geographic</I> reporter Peter Miller introduces ant colonies that have been the inspiration for streamlining factory processes, telephone networks, and truck routes; termites, used in studies for climate-control solutions; schools of fish, on which the U.S. military modeled a team of robots; and many other examples of the wisdom to be gleaned about the behavior of crowds.<BR><BR></DIV>