The survival game : how game theory explains the biology of human cooperation and competition / Davi...
The survival game : how game theory explains the biology of human cooperation and competition / Davi...
The survival game : how game theory explains the biology of human cooperation and competition / David P. Barash.
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New York : Times Books, 2003.
Date
2003.
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N302/ 157
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English
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p. cm.
Contents
1. The Games We All Play: What They Are, Why They Matter -- 2. Mastering the Matrix -- 3. Prisoner's Dilemma and the Problem of Cooperation -- 4. Social Dilemmas: Personal Gain Versus Public Good -- 5. Games of Chicken -- 6. Animal Antics -- 7. Thoughts from the Underground.
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New York : Times Books, 2003.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2003.
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Summary
And notorious strategies arising from the Game of Chicken, tit-for-tat, and follow the leader turn up in examples as disparate as World War II's submarine war and the mating antics of the yellow dung fly."--BOOK JACKET....
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The survival game : how game theory explains the biology of human cooperation and competition / David P. Barash.
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Game theory explains the biology of human cooperation and competition.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N302/ 157
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74Vv5636OR0d
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080507175X
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302
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991017636449702626
