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Around the World in 80 Games: A mathematician unlocks the secrets of the greatest games
'BRILLIANTLY CLEAR AND CAPTIVATING PROSE' STEPHEN FRY
A WATERSTONES BOOK OF YEAR 2023
An award-winning mathematician explores the maths behind the games we love and why we love to play them.
Where should you move first in Connect 4?
What is the best property in Monopoly?
And how can pi help you win rock paper scissors?
Spanning millennia, oceans and continents, countries and cultures, Around the World in 80 Games gleefully explores how mathematics and games have always been deeply intertwined. Marcus du Sautoy investigates how games provided the first opportunities for deep mathematical insight into the world, how understanding maths can help us play games better, and how both maths and games are integral to human psychology and culture.
A WATERSTONES BOOK OF YEAR 2023
An award-winning mathematician explores the maths behind the games we love and why we love to play them.
Where should you move first in Connect 4?
What is the best property in Monopoly?
And how can pi help you win rock paper scissors?
Spanning millennia, oceans and continents, countries and cultures, Around the World in 80 Games gleefully explores how mathematics and games have always been deeply intertwined. Marcus du Sautoy investigates how games provided the first opportunities for deep mathematical insight into the world, how understanding maths can help us play games better, and how both maths and games are integral to human psychology and culture.
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Publisher : Fourth Estate (12 Oct. 2023)
Language : English
Hardcover : 384 pages
ISBN-10 : 0008525919
ISBN-13 : 978-0008525910
Dimensions : 15.9 x 3.6 x 24 cm
Best Sellers Rank: 23,758 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
12 in Mathematical Game Theory
13 in History & Philosophy of Mathematics
20 in History of Mathematics
Customer reviews: 4.2
122 ratings
Publisher : Fourth Estate (12 Oct. 2023)
Language : English
Hardcover : 384 pages
ISBN-10 : 0008525919
ISBN-13 : 978-0008525910
Dimensions : 15.9 x 3.6 x 24 cm
Best Sellers Rank: 23,758 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
12 in Mathematical Game Theory
13 in History & Philosophy of Mathematics
20 in History of Mathematics
Customer reviews: 4.2
122 ratings
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