About this title: 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, ...
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Description: Good. Ships from the UK. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780140551426ISBN:0140551425
Description: Cover slightly scuffed through use. Paperback, Ex-Library, with usual stamps markings, in good all-round condition, 368pages., 450grams, ISBN: 0140551425. read more
Binding: Softcovers
Publisher: Penguin, Middlesex
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780140551426ISBN:0140551425
Description: Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. 1983 PAPERBACK. Imaginative book about games, classical and new ones invented by the authors as scientific models-demonstrates how chances and rules, the basic elements of all games, underlie everything that happens in the universe. Cover has edgewear, internally very good clean condition. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780691025667ISBN:0691025665
Description: Paperback, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in fair all round condition, suitable as a reading copy. Ships within 24 hours. pp., 550grams, ISBN: 0691025665. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780140551426ISBN:0140551425
Description: Very Good. How the principles of nature govern chance....this is a startlingly imaginative book about games as stimulating and ingenious and unexpected as Godel, Escher, Bach...some highlighting in text. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Harpercollins
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780060909710ISBN:0060909714
Description: Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Moderate cover, edge wear. Pages very good, no writing in text body. Slight discoloration bottom edge first few pages. 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. Few bookstore marks. read more
Edition: First edition. First American ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780394418063ISBN:0394418069
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. Stamps, etc. typical of ex-library book. Spine is cracked in one place but no pages are loose. DJ has tear at spine top. Text in English, German. 347 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Knopf, 1981 (hardback w/ dust jacket, bookplate in front, dust jacket torn in a couple spots, underlining throughout book & some ink writing) read more
Description: Good. Minimal damage to cover and binding. Pages show light use. With pride from Motor City. All books guaranteed. Best Service, Best Prices. read more
Description: Good. Light shelving wear with minimal damage to cover and bindings. Pages show minor use. Help save a tree. Buy all your used books from Green Earth Books. Read. Recycle and Reuse! read more
Description: Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Distributed by Random House
ISBN-13:9780394418063ISBN:0394418069
Description: Good. Light shelving wear with minimal damage to cover and bindings. Pages show minor use. Help save a tree. Buy all your used books from Green Earth Books. Read. Recycle and Reuse! read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Distributed by Random House
ISBN-13:9780394418063ISBN:0394418069
Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
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