Rock, Paper, Scissors

“Booklist”“Through a combination of real-world examples…and philosophical problems, Fisher shows us that we’re more cooperative than we sometimes think we are, while at the same time startlingly more selfish than we out to be…the writing is lively, the scientific discourse clear and accessible, and the ideas challenging and exciting.”“Publishers Weekly”“Physicist and Ig Nobel Prize-winner Fisher explores how game theory illuminates social behavior in this lively study…. Fisher does succeed in making the complex nature of game theory accessible and relevant, showing how mathematics applies to the dilemmas we face on a daily basis.”

Len Fisher, Ph.D., is Visiting Research Fellow in the Physics Department at the University of Bristol. He is the author of Weighing the Soul and How to Dunk a Doughnut, which was named Best Popular Science Book of 2004 by the American Institute of Physics. He has been featured on the BBC, CBS, and the Discovery Channel, as well as in newspapers such as the Wall Street Journal, the San Francisco Chronicle, and more. He is the recipient of a 1999 IgNobel Prize for calculating the optimal way to dunk a doughnut. He lives in Wiltshire, England, and Blackheath, Australia.