Laws of the Game: How the Principles of Nature Govern Chance by Eigen, Manfred

Laws of the Game: How the Principles of Nature Govern Chance (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780691025667)

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Laws of the Game: How the Principles of Nature Govern Chance by Eigen, Manfred

Laws of the Game: How the Principles of Nature Govern Chance

$50.00
Laws of the Game: How the Principles of Nature Govern Chance by Eigen, Manfred

Laws of the Game: How the Principles of Nature Govern Chance

$50.00
Format: Paperback
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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.

Author: Manfred Eigen, Ruthild Winkler
ISBN-10: 0691025665
ISBN-13: 9780691025667
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/11/1993
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 8.49h x 5.51w x 0.91d
By Manfred Eigen
By Manfred Eigen
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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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