Game Theory

Understanding the Mathematics of Life

Game Theory
Brian Clegg
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Paperback
h198 x 128mm - 176pg
21 Apr 2022 UK
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9781785788321
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Brian Clegg was always fascinated by Isaac Asimov' s classic Foundation series of books, in which the future is predicted using sophisticated mathematical modelling of human psychology and behaviour. Only much later did he realise that Asimov' s ' psychohistory' had a real-world equivalent: game theory. Originating in the study of probabilistic gambling games that depend on a random source - the throw of a dice or the toss of a coin - game theory soon came to be applied to human interactions: essentially, what was the best strategy to win, whatever you were doing? Its mathematical techniques have been applied, with varying degrees of wisdom, to fields such as economics, evolution, and questions such as how to win a nuclear war. Clegg delves into game theory' s colourful history and significant findings, and shows what we can all learn from this oft-misunderstood field of study.
Brian Clegg' s many books include Dice World and A Brief History of Infinity, both longlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize, and, most recently, Ten Days in Physics That Shook the World.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781785788321
Published: 21 Apr 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Icon Books
Publisher: Icon Books
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 128mm
Pages: 176

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