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Du Sautoy, Marcus.
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Games -- Mathematics.
Games -- Psychological aspects.
Mathematical analysis.
Problem solving -- Mathematical models.
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Du Sautoy, Marcus.
Games -- Mathematics.
Games -- Psychological aspects.
Mathematical analysis.
Problem solving -- Mathematical models.
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Around
the
world
in
eighty
games
: from
tarot
to
tic-tac-toe
,
catan
to
snakes
and
ladders
, a
mathematician
unlocks
the
secrets
of the
world
's
greatest
games
/ Marcus du Sautoy.
by
Du Sautoy, Marcus.
Basic Books, 2023.
Call #:
790.021 D971a
Subjects
Games
-- Mathematics.
Games
-- Psychological aspects.
Mathematical analysis.
Problem solving -- Mathematical models.
ISBN:
9781541601284 (hc)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
viii, 369 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
"From
tarot
to
tic-tac-toe
,
catan
to chutes and
ladders
, a
mathematician
unlocks
the
secrets
of the
world
's
greatest
games
"--Subtitle on dust jacket.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-354) and index.
Summary:
"Do you know where you should always move first in Tic Tac Toe? Understand the betting cube in backgammon? Want to know the best property in Monopoly? Did you know that the African game Mancala might have led one of its players to make an early approximation of the number pi? Or that the nigh-magical Golden Ratio can help you win at Rock Paper Scissors?
Around
the
World
in
Eighty
Games
is a gleeful exploration of
games
and math, spanning centuries and millennia, oceans and continents, countries and cultures. Renowned
mathematician
Marcus du Sautoy shows how mathematics and
games
have always been deeply intertwined: how
games
provided some of the first opportunities for deep mathematical insight into the universe; how understanding math can help us play
games
better; and how the knowledge and enjoyment of both math and
games
are integral to human psychology and cultures. But du Sautoy doesn't just look at the
games
we play; he asks why we play them. For as long as there has been human culture, there have been
games
. If you look, you can find 12,000-year-old dice, game boards carved in church pews and chiseled into the stones of temples, monuments, and tombs. And for nearly as long, humans have been exploring and discovering mathematics. Taken together, math and
games
tell us the story of ourselves"--Publisher.
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2
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Adult Nonfiction
790.021 D971a
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Aug 06, 2024
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Adult Nonfiction
790.021 D971a
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