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Rock, Paper, Scissors: Game Theory and Strategies for Cooperation
Rock Paper Scissors Game Theory and Strategies for Cooperation Author:Len Fisher Game theory is an extraordinarily powerful tool - invented by Nobel Prize winning mathematicians. For the first time ever it is explained here so that everyone can use it in everyday life, at work, at home and to stay out of trouble.How can cooperation be made into the most appealing option? Game theory could hold the answers. The man who won an... more » IgNobel Prize at Harvard for using quantum physics to calculate the best way of dunking a biscuit provides new tactics for solving real problems, from dealing with drunks, navigating one's way through queues and defusing conflict, to helping prevent global warming.Games like the "Prisoner's Dilemma" (where you can avoid going to jail if you shop your mate - and vice versa), 'Rock, Paper, Scissors' and others turn out to be very powerful models with real application to ordinary life that can help us understand both big and small problems. This is the application of high level mathematics and profound psychology at its most practical, appealing and - happily - easily understandable.« less