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Game Theory: A Very Short Introduction

By Ken Binmore

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2007
ISBN
9780199218462
LCC
HB144 .B557 2007
Open Library ID
OL10145834M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3111531 bytes)
Series
Very Short Introductions
Pages
144\199
Time added
2010-05-17 00:23:50

Description

Games are everywhere: Drivers maneuvering in heavy traffic are playing a driving game. Bargain hunters bidding on eBay are playing an auctioning game. The supermarket's price for corn flakes is decided by playing an economic game. This Very Short Introduction offers a succinct tour of the fascinating world of game theory, a ground-breaking field that analyzes how to play games in a rational way. Ken Binmore, a renowned game theorist, explains the theory in a way that is both entertaining and non-mathematical yet also deeply insightful, revealing how game theory can shed light on everything from social gatherings, to ethical decision-making, to successful card-playing strategies, to calculating the sex ratio among bees. With mini-biographies of many fascinating, and occasionally eccentric, founders of the subject--including John Nash, subject of the movie A Beautiful Mind--this book offers a concise overview of a cutting-edge field that has seen spectacular successes in evolutionary biology and economics, and is beginning to revolutionize other disciplines from psychology to political science.

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