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

Authors: Manfred Eigen, Ruthild Winkler Year: 1975 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Science, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780691025667 0691025665

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.-- "The New Yorker" Similar books: The Book of Nothing by John D. Barrow The Outer Limits of Reason by Noson S. Yanofsky Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben Mycelium Running by Paul Stamets This Phenomenal Life by Misha Blaise Parasite Rex by Carl Zimmer I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong Parallel Worlds by Michio Kaku A Student's Guide to Maxwell's Equations by Daniel Fleisch Gravitation by Charles W. Misner Six Not-So-Easy Pieces by Richard P. Feynman Survival of the Sickest by Sharon Moalem Molecular Biology of the Cell by Bruce Alberts Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World by Paul Stamets Undeniable by Bill Nye How to Solve It by George Polya Journey to the Ants by Bert Holldobler The Cloud Collector's Handbook by Gavin Pretor-Pinney Woman by Natalie Angier