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Ray Goldstein: Synchronised swimming

How do little green algae manage to trot, canter and even do a perfect breaststroke when they haven't got a brain? Ray Goldstein explains what the little micro-swimmers have taught us about the maths of synchronisation, and how these insights even shed light on the evolution of multi-celled organisms from single cells.

You can also read this article about Goldstein's work.

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