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Laws of the Game: How the Principles of Nature Govern Chance Paperback - 1993

by Manfred Eigen; Ruthild Winkler; Robert Kimber (Translator)


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Using game theory and examples of actual games people play, Nobel laureate Manfred Eigen and Ruthild Winkler show how the elements of chance and rules underlie all that happens in the universe, from genetic behavior through economic growth to the composition of music. To illustrate their argument, the authors turn to classic games--backgammon, bridge, and chess--and relate them to physical, biological, and social applications of probability theory and number theory. Further, they have invented, and present here, more than a dozen playable games derived from scientific models for equilibrium, selection, growth, and even the composition of RNA.

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Using game theory and examples of actual games people play, Nobel laureate Manfred Eigen and Ruthild Winkler show how the elements of chance and rules underlie all that happens in the universe, from genetic behavior through economic growth to the composition of music. To illustrate their argument, the authors turn to classic games - backgammon, bridge, and chess - and relate them to physical, biological, and social applications of probability theory and number theory. Further, they have invented, and present here, more than a dozen playable games derived from scientific models for equilibrium, selection, growth, and even the composition of RNA. These games, complete with instructions and boards in color, are a source of learning and entertainment.

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  • Title Laws of the Game: How the Principles of Nature Govern Chance
  • Author Manfred Eigen; Ruthild Winkler; Robert Kimber (Translator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Princeton
  • Pages 368
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ
  • Date 1993-04-11
  • ISBN 9780691025667 / 0691025665
  • Weight 0.67 lbs (0.30 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.49 x 5.51 x 0.91 in (21.56 x 14.00 x 2.31 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Games, Science - Philosophy
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 92016084
  • Dewey Decimal Code 501

About the author

Manfred Eigen and Ruthild Winkler are scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry. In 1967 Eigen received the Nobel Prize for chemistry.
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