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The Survival Game: How Game Theory Explains the Biology of Cooperation and Competition

David Philip Barash

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Description:From a zoologist and psychologist, an astonishing look at the biological and strategic roots of human decisionsHumans, like bacteria, woodchucks, chimpanzees, and other animals, compete or cooperate in order to get food, shelter, territory, and other resources to survive. But how do they decide whether to muscle out or team up with the competition?In The Survival Game, David P. Barash synthesizes the newest ideas from psychology, economics, and biology to explore and explain the roots of human strategy. Drawing on game theory-the study of how individuals make decisions-he explores the give-and-take of spouses in determining an evening's plans, the behavior of investors in a market bubble, and the maneuvers of generals on a battlefield alongside the mating and fighting strategies of "less rational" animals. Ultimately, Barash's lively and clear examples shed light on what makes our decisions human, and what we can glean from game theory and the natural world as we negotiate and compete every day.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Survival Game: How Game Theory Explains the Biology of Cooperation and Competition. To get started finding The Survival Game: How Game Theory Explains the Biology of Cooperation and Competition, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: From a zoologist and psychologist, an astonishing look at the biological and strategic roots of human decisionsHumans, like bacteria, woodchucks, chimpanzees, and other animals, compete or cooperate in order to get food, shelter, territory, and other resources to survive. But how do they decide whether to muscle out or team up with the competition?In The Survival Game, David P. Barash synthesizes the newest ideas from psychology, economics, and biology to explore and explain the roots of human strategy. Drawing on game theory-the study of how individuals make decisions-he explores the give-and-take of spouses in determining an evening's plans, the behavior of investors in a market bubble, and the maneuvers of generals on a battlefield alongside the mating and fighting strategies of "less rational" animals. Ultimately, Barash's lively and clear examples shed light on what makes our decisions human, and what we can glean from game theory and the natural world as we negotiate and compete every day.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Survival Game: How Game Theory Explains the Biology of Cooperation and Competition. To get started finding The Survival Game: How Game Theory Explains the Biology of Cooperation and Competition, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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The Survival Game: How Game Theory Explains the Biology of Cooperation and Competition

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