Gladiators, Pirates and Games of Trust: How Game Theory, Strategy and Probability Rule Our Lives

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Haim Shapira

Gladiators, Pirates and Games of Trust

How Game Theory, Strategy and Probability Rule Our Lives

Haim Shapira

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Watkins
01 November 2018

Mathematics & Sciences; Game theory

Game Theory isn't just for poker players or economists. You don't have to be a microeconomics or political science expert to understand it - discover the theory of decision making and optimize your strategic thinking with the help of Gladiators, Pirates and Games of Trust.Have you ever struggled to make a decision? Tried to figure out the winning bidding strategy at an auction? Wondered how best to split the bill in a restaurant? Divide an inheritance? Wished you were better at negotiating? Thought about how to discourage a spouse from cheating? Then Haim Shapira's fascinating exploration of Game Theory and how it affects our everyday life will delight and captivate you. Topics include how to respond to ultimatums, playing chicken, the diner's dilemma, the blackmailer's paradox and matchmaking strategies.Make buying this book your first winning decision.

By: Haim Shapira
Imprint: Watkins
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 193g
ISBN: 9781786780102
ISBN 10: 1786780100
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 01 November 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Haim Shapira was born in Lithuania in 1962 and immigrated to Israel in 1977, where he earned a PhD in mathematical genetics for his dissertation on Game Theory and another PhD for his research about the mathematical and philosophical approaches to Infinity. He teaches mathematics, psychology, philosophy, and literature. Haim is an author of seven best-selling books. Shapira is not trying to make his readers agree with him, but simply encourages them to enjoy thinking. He is one of Israel's most popular and in-demand speakers and gives lectures on creativity and strategic thinking, existential philosophy and philosophy in children's literature, happiness and optimism, nonsense and insanity, imagination and the meaning of meaning, as well as friendship and love. He is also an accomplished pianist and an avid collector of anything beautiful.

Reviews for Gladiators, Pirates and Games of Trust: How Game Theory, Strategy and Probability Rule Our Lives

One of the best Decision Making and Game Theory books of all time. -Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn founder) and Nassim Nicholas Taleb (author of Black Swan), BookAuthority