Gladiators, Pirates and Games of Trust
How Game Theory, Strategy and Probability Rule Our Lives
$29.84
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
31 October 2018
Summary
Not since Avinash Dixit’s “The Art of Strategy” has an author attempted to teach a general audience the deeply practical and intriguing truths about game theory.“One of the best decision making and game theory books of all time.” -Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn founderGAME THEORY 101- An accessible, light-hearted exploration of game theory-what it is, why it’s important, and how it can help us in our daily lives.Game theory is the mathematical formalization of interactive decision-making-it assumes t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781786780102 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1786780100 |
| Author: | Haim Shapira |
| Publisher: | Watkins Media Limited |
| Imprint: | Watkins Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 31 October 2018 |
| Weight: | 193g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 14mm |
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One of the best Decision Making and Game Theory books of all time - Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn founder) and Nassim Nicholas Taleb (author of Black Swan), BookAuthority
“One of the best Decision Making and Game Theory books of all time.” —Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn founder) and Nassim Nicholas Taleb (author of Black Swan), BookAuthority
About The Author
Haim Shapira
Haim Shapirawas born in Lithuania in 1962 and immigrated to Israel in 1977, where he earned a PhD in mathematical genetics for his dissertation on Game Theory and another PhD for his research about the mathematical and philosophical approaches to Infinity. He teaches mathematics, psychology, philosophy, and literature. Haim is an author of seven best-selling books. Shapira is not trying to make his readers agree with him, but simply encourages them to enjoy thinking. He is one of Israel’s most popular and in-demand speakers and gives lectures on creativity and strategic thinking, existential philosophy and philosophy in children’s literature, happiness and optimism, nonsense and insanity, imagination and the meaning of meaning, as well as friendship and love. He is also an accomplished pianist and an avid collector of anything beautiful.
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