Game Theory by Brian Clegg

Game Theory by Brian CleggBrian Clegg was always fascinated by Isaac Asimov's classic Foundation series of books, in which the future is predicted using sophisticated mathematical modelling of human psychology and behaviour. Only much later did he realise that Asimov's 'psychohistory' had a real world equivalent: game theory. Originating in the study of probabilistic gambling games that depend on a random source the throw of a dice or the toss of a coin game theory soon came

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