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Around the World in 80 Games: A mathematician unlocks the secrets of the greatest games

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By (author): Marcus du Sautoy

'BRILLIANTLY CLEAR AND CAPTIVATING PROSE' STEPHEN FRY

A WATERSTONES BOOK OF YEAR 2023

An award-winning mathematician explores the maths behind the games we love and why we love to play them.

Where should you move first in Connect 4?

Which property is best in Monopoly?

How can pi help you win Rock Paper Scissors?

Crossing oceans, continents and millennia, award-winning mathematician Marcus du Sautoy explores how maths and games have always been deeply intertwined. As well as being integral to human psychology and culture throughout the ages, games provided the first opportunities for deep mathematical insight into the world. This grand adventure teaches us how to strategise, play better and win more often.

The subject matter is fun (I mean, isnt it quite literally the definition of fun?) and du Sautoys enthusiasm is infectious THE SUNDAY TIMES

'A delightful and addictive celebration of games. Youll keep wanting one more go' DARA Ó BRIAIN, author of Is There Anybody Out There?

Lively, creative and humane exactly as one would expect from Marcus du Sautoy TIM HARFORD, author of How To Make The World Add Up

You do not need to be a seasoned player nor a skilled mathematician to relish this enchanting read. However, this book may just encourage you to become the one or the other REINER KNIZIA, award-winning game designer

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Product Details
  • Weight: 480g
  • Dimensions: 153 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 12 Oct 2023
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780008525927

About Marcus du Sautoy

Marcus du Sautoy has been named by the Independent on Sunday as one of the UK's leading scientists has written extensively for the Guardian The Times and the Daily Telegraph and has appeared on Radio 4 on numerous occasions. In 2008 he was appointed to Oxford Universitys prestigious professorship as the Simonyi Chair for the Public Understanding of Science a post previously held by Richard Dawkins.

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