Around the world in 80 games
a mathematician unlocks the secrets of the greatest games
- ISBN: 9780008525958
- Editorial: Fourth Estate
- Fecha de la edición: 2024
- Lugar de la edición: London. Reino Unido
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 20 cm
- Nº Pág.: 381
- Idiomas: Inglés
Papel: Rústica
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An award-winning mathematician explores the maths behind the games we love and why we love to play them.
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Crossing oceans, continents and millennia, award-winning mathematician Marcus du Sautoy explores how maths and games have always been deeply intertwined. As well as being integral to human psychology and culture throughout the ages, games provided the first opportunities for deep mathematical insight into the world. This grand adventure teaches us how to strategise, play better and win more often.
