Game Theory

Understanding the Mathematics of Life

De: Brian Clegg

Narrado por: Mike Cooper

Brian Clegg was always fascinated by Isaac Asimov’s classic Foundation series of books, in which the future is predicted using sophisticated mathematical modeling of human psychology and behavior. Only much later did he realize that Asimov’s "psychohistory" had a real-world equivalent: game theory.

Originating in the study of probabilistic gambling games that depend on a random source—the throw of a dice or the toss of a coin—game theory soon came to be applied to human interactions: essentially, what was the best strategy to win whatever you were doing? Its mathematical techniques have been applied, with varying degrees of wisdom, to fields such as economics, evolution, and questions such as how to win a nuclear war. Clegg delves into game theory’s colorful history and significant findings and shows what we can all learn from this oft-misunderstood field of study.

©2022 Brian Clegg (P)2022 Dreamscape Media, LLC

Ehhh

Not enough real world examples and there weren’t any pdfs for charts. I did appreciate some of the real world examples that dealt with current events

Excellent transition for applications of game theory at the end.

I believe it was very interesting and opens up a good precursor to the subject of game theory and other universal mathematical themes.

Enjoyable

Easy listen and very inspiring. This book help me renew my passions in all forms of games.

Tough to follow and a PDF would have helped

I enjoyed learning the different parts of game theory. The math behind it was impossible to follow audibly. Often the book referred to diagrams, but this audio book did not include a PDF, so the illustrations of the theory were unable to be as understood as they could have been otherwise. Disappointing 

Dry and Unsuitable for Audio

First third of book is generally unbearable. Dry and boring examples and probabilities mostly of imaginary games no one would ever play. Will be requesting a refund. Audio sample completely misrepresents the book.