(Library ebook) Luck, Logic, and White Lies: The Mathematics of Games
♥ Jörg Bewersdorff ♥
| #1581036 in Books | A K Peters/CRC Press | 2004-12-12 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.02 x1.21 x6.26l,1.77 | File Name: 1568812108 | 504 pages |
||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Panoramic overview of the mathematics of games|By David J. Aldous|One third concerns probability and games of chance, another third concerns "combinatorial games" (from Nim to Go and Chess) and the final third concerns "game-theoretic", i.e. strategy, games like rock-paper-scissors. Perhaps because the author is an actual game designer, this book has an interesting and unusual||" This book serves as an introduction to the mathematics of games. It seeks to show to the reader how it is that games have their power--how they manipulate chance, hidden information, and combinatorics... -Musings, Ramblings, and Things Left Unsaid, February
The mathematical underpinnings of games, whether they are strategic or games of chance, have been known for centuries, but are usually only understood by players and aficionados who have a background in mathematics. The author has succeeded in making that knowledge accessible, entertaining, and useful to everyone who likes to play and win. The information applies to such diverse and popular games as Roulette, Monopoly™, Chess, Go, numerous card games, and many mor...
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