Rock, Paper, Scissors: Game Theory in Everyday Life (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780465009381)

Praised by Entertainment Weekly as "the man who put the fizz into physics," Dr. Len Fisher turns his attention to the science of cooperation in his lively and thought-provoking book. Fisher shows how the modern science of game theory has helped biologists to understand the evolution of cooperation in nature, and investigates how we might apply those lessons to our own society. In a series of experiments that take him from the polite confines of an English dinner party to crowded supermarkets, congested Indian roads, and the wilds of outback Australia, not to mention baseball strategies and the intricacies of quantum mechanics, Fisher sheds light on the problem of global cooperation. The outcomes are sometimes hilarious, sometimes alarming, but always revealing. A witty romp through a serious science, Rock, Paper, Scissors will both teach and delight anyone interested in what it what it takes to get people to work together.

Author: Len Fisher
ISBN-10: 0465009387
ISBN-13: 9780465009381
Publisher: Basic Books
Language: English
Published: 11/04/2008
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.40w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/22/2008 pg. 56
Booklist 10/15/2008 pg. 8
Newsweek 12/01/2008 pg. 13
Scientific American 01/01/2009 pg. 106
Choice 08/01/2009