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Game Theory: A Very Short Introduction
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Game theory is about how to play such games in a rational way. Even when the players have not thought everything out in advance, game theory often works for the same reason that mindless animals sometimes end up behaving very cleverly: evolutionary forces eliminate irrational play because it is unfit.
Game theory has seen spectacular successes in evolutionary biology and economics, and is beginning to revolutionize other disciplines from psychology to political science. This Very Short Introduction introduces the fascinating world of game theory, showing how it can be understood without mathematical equations, and revealing that everything from how to play poker optimally to the sex ratio among bees can be understood by anyone willing to think seriously about the problem.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
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Product details
- Paperback | 200 pages
- 110 x 175 x 10mm | 151g
- 30 Jan 2012
- Oxford University Press
- Oxford, United Kingdom
- English
- 25 line drawings and half tones
- 0199218463
- 9780199218462
- 19,985
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About Ken Binmore
auctions in many countries across the world. As a consequence of the GBP23.4 billion pounds raised by the telecom auction he organized in the UK, he was described by Newsweek magazine as the "ruthless, poker-playing economist who destroyed the telecom industry ". But he nowadays devotes his time to applying
game theory to the problem of the evolution of morality. The most recent of his numerous books is Playing for Real (Oxford, 2007).
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