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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Du Sautoy, Marcus, author.     Subjects     Games -- Mathematics.     Games -- Psychological aspects.     Mathematical analysis.     Problem solving -- Mathematical models.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Du Sautoy, Marcus, author.       by title:      Around the world in ...         MARC Display

Around the world in eighty games : from tarot to tic-tac-toe, catan to snakes and ladders, a mathematician unlocks the secrets of the world's greatest games / Marcus du Sautoy. by Du Sautoy, Marcus, author. New York : Basic Books, 2023. Subjects Games -- Mathematics.   Games -- Psychological aspects.   Mathematical analysis.   Problem solving -- Mathematical models. ISBN:  9781541601284 (hardcover) : 1541601289 (hardcover) Description:  viii, 369 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm Edition:  First edition. Requests:  0 Summary:  "Do you know where you should always move first in Tic Tac Toe? Understand the betting cube in backgammon? Want to know the best property in Monopoly? Did you know that the African game Mancala might have led one of its players to make an early approximation of the number pi? Or that the nigh-magical Golden Ratio can help you win at Rock Paper Scissors? Around the World in Eighty Games is a gleeful exploration of games and math, spanning centuries and millennia, oceans and continents, countries and cultures. Renowned mathematician Marcus du Sautoy shows how mathematics and games have always been deeply intertwined: how games provided some of the first opportunities for deep mathematical insight into the universe; how understanding math can help us play games better; and how the knowledge and enjoyment of both math and games are integral to human psychology and cultures. But du Sautoy doesn't just look at the games we play; he asks why we play them. For as long as there has been human culture, there have been games. If you look, you can find 12,000-year-old dice, game boards carved in church pews and chiseled into the stones of temples, monuments, and tombs. And for nearly as long, humans have been exploring and discovering mathematics. Taken together, math and games tell us the story of ourselves"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Hawaii State Library Art, Music & Recreation 790.021 Du Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 790.021 Du Sautoy Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kailua Public Library Adult New Books 790.021 Du Claimed Returned 03/27/2024 Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 790.021 Du Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Keaau P/S Library Acquisitions --- On Order   in Processing   Add Copy to MyList McCully-Moiliili Public Library Adult Nonfiction 790.021 Du Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Nanakuli Public Library Adult New Books 790.021 Du Checked In   Add Copy to MyList

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