EAN: 9781785788321

GAME THEORY - BRIAN CLEGG TASCHENBUCH

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.

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