Rock, Paper, Scissors: Game Theory and Strategies for Cooperation - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 1846681820 ISBN 13: 9781846681820

Casa editrice: Profile Books Ltd, 2010

Riassunto

How can cooperation be made into the most appealing option? Game theory could hold the answers. The man who won an IgNobel Prize at Harvard for using quantum physics to calculate the best way of dunking a biscuit provides new tactics for solving real problems, from dealing with drunks, navigating one's way through queues and defusing conflict, to helping prevent global warming. Games like the 'Prisoner's Dilemma' (where you can avoid going to jail if you shop your mate - and vice versa), 'Rock, Paper, Scissors' and others turn out to be very powerful models with real application to ordinary life that can help us understand both big and small problems. This is the application of high level mathematics and profound psychology at its most practical, appealing and - happily - easily understandable.

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Descrizione del libro:

Game theory is an extraordinarily powerful tool - invented by Nobel Prize winning mathematicians. For the first time ever it is explained here so that everyone can use it in everyday life, at work, at home and to stay out of trouble.

L'autore:

Len Fisher is a Visiting Fellow in Physics at Bristol University and was an Honorary Research Associate Professor at the University of South Australia. He has degrees in physics, chemistry and biology. How to Dunk A Doughnut, which has been translated into 11 languages, was named the best popular science book of the year by the American Institute of Physics. He is also the author of Weighing the Soul.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Profile Books Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1846681820
• ISBN 13: 9781846681820
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 320