Rock, Paper, Scissors Game Theory in Everyday Life

Name: Rock, Paper, Scissors Game Theory in Everyday Life
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ISBN: 9780465009381

ISBN-10: 0465009387

ISBN-13: 9780465009381

Edition: 2008

Authors: Len Fisher

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Praised by Entertainment Weekly as "the man who put the fizz into physics," Dr. Len Fisher turns his attention to the science of cooperation in his lively and thought-provoking book. Fisher shows how the modern science of game theory has helped biologists to understand the evolution of cooperation in nature, and investigates how we might apply those lessons to our own society. In a series of experiments that take him from the polite confines of an English dinner party to crowded supermarkets, congested Indian roads, and the wilds of outback Australia, not to mention baseball strategies and the intricacies of quantum mechanics, Fisher sheds light on the problem of global cooperation. The…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 11/4/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.65" wide x 8.30" long x 1.40" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Trapped in the Matrix



I Cut and You Choose



The Seven Deadly Dilemmas



Rock, Paper, Scissors



Let's Get Together



Trust



Tit for Tat



Changing the Game


Conclusion-Individuals Can Make a Difference: The Top Ten Tips


Notes


Index


About the Author