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1、0465009381-Fisher8/25/0812:07PMPageaPraiseforRock,Paper,Scissors“Rock,Paper,Scissorsbringstheevolutionofcooperationtoeveryonewithasuccinctsummaryofhowtheseexcitingideaschangethewaywelookattheworldandthewaywethink.”—JohnR.Hauser,KirinProfessorofMarketing,MITSloanSchoolofManagement“Thisisasuperaccount
2、ofthemostimportantunsolvedprobleminallofscience:howdidco-operativebehaviourevolve,enablingcomplexhumansocietiestoariseandpersist.Effectiveactiontoaddressissuessuchasclimatechange,biodiversityloss,orfeedingtomorrow’sstill-growingpopulationdependonstillbetterunderstandingofthisprob-lem.Readthebook!”—L
3、ordRobertMay,ZoologyDepartment,OxfordUniversity“Initssixtyyearsofevolving,gametheoryhasemergedfromamath-ematicalphase,toapedagogicalphase,toalevelofdevelopmentthatcanbeunderstoodandusefultotheintelligentreader.LenFisher’sbookclearlyoutlinestheusesofgametheoryineverydaylifeingen-eral,andinencouraging
4、cooperativebehaviourinparticular.Atourdeforceofexposition,withmanyamusingandenlighteningvignettesoftheapplicationofgametheorytoreal-worldinteractionsinthehome,amongstfriends,inbusiness,andininternationalrelations.Agreatintroductiontoseveralthemesinrecentgametheoryforthein-telligentreader.”—Professor
5、RobertMarks,AustralianGraduateSchoolofManagement0465009381-Fisher8/25/0812:07PMPageb“Whybenice?Inansweringthissimplequestion,LenFishertakesusonawry,fascinatingtourofoneofthemostmomentoussciencesofourtime.Youcouldn’taskforabetterguidetothegamesweallplay.”—WilliamPoundstone,authorofGamingtheVoteandFor
6、tune’sFormula“Rock,Paper,Scissorsisarefreshinglyinformalaswellasinsightfulac-countofkeyideasingametheory.LenFishergivesmanyexamples,severalfromhisownlife,ofgamesthatposeharrowingchoicesfortheirplayers.Heshowshowgametheorynotonlyilluminatesthecon-sequencesofthesechoicesbutalsomayhelptheplayersextrica
7、tethemselvesfromsituationslikelytocauseangerorgrief.”—StevenJ.Brams,NewYorkUniversity,authorofMathematicsandDemocracy0465009381-Fisher8/25/0812:07PMPagei0465009381-Fisher8/25/0812:07PMPageiiALSOBYLENF
