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Laws of the Game

By Ruthild Winkler, Manfred Eigen, Rita Kimber (Translator), Robert B. Kimber (Translator)

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Using game theory and examples of actual games people play, Nobel laureate Manfred Eigen and Ruthild Winkler show how the elements of chance and rules underlie all that happens in the universe, from genetic behavior through economic growth to the composition of music.

To illustrate their ar Continue

Using game theory and examples of actual games people play, Nobel laureate Manfred Eigen and Ruthild Winkler show how the elements of chance and rules underlie all that happens in the universe, from genetic behavior through economic growth to the composition of music.

To illustrate their argument, the authors turn to classic games--backgammon, bridge, and chess--and relate them to physical, biological, and social applications of probability theory and number theory. Further, they have invented, and present here, more than a dozen playable games derived from scientific models for equilibrium, selection, growth, and even the composition of RNA.

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  • Understanding Science

    This is a translation of a book first published under the title Das Spiel in 1975. It is an ambitious book whose aim is to convey to the reader what it is to have a well-furnished scientific mind. Some years back, C.P. Snow persuaded us that the diag ... (read full critics)

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 368 Pages
  • Edition: Reprint
  • ISBN-10: 0691025665
  • ISBN-13: 9780691025667
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press
  • Pub date: Mar 22, 1993
  • Dimensions: 1419 mm x 903 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
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