Poundstone, William Prisoner`s Dilemma 9780385415804

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Автор: Poundstone, William
Название: Prisoner`s Dilemma
Перевод названия: Дилемма заключенного
ISBN: 9780385415804
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Классификация:

Теория игр

Теория вычислительных машин и систем, кибернетика

ISBN-10: 038541580X
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Вес: 0.27 кг.
Дата издания: 1993
Язык: English
Размер: 20.32 x 13.41 x 1.88
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
Подзаголовок: John von neumann, game theory and the puzzle of the bomb
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Поставляется из: США
Описание: Should you watch public television without pledging?...Exceed the posted speed limit?...Hop a subway turnstile without paying? These questions illustrate the so-called prisoners dilemma, a social puzzle that we all face every day. Though the answers may seem simple, their profound implications make the prisoners dilemma one of the great unifying concepts of science. Watching players bluff in a poker game inspired John von Neumann--father of the modern computer and one of the sharpest minds of the century--to construct game theory, a mathematical study of conflict and deception. Game theory was readily embraced at the RAND Corporation, the archetypical think tank charged with formulating military strategy for the atomic age, and in 1950 two RAND scientists made a momentous discovery.

Called the prisoners dilemma, it is a disturbing and mind-bending game where two or more people may betray the common good for individual gain. Introduced shortly after the Soviet Union acquired the atomic bomb, the prisoners dilemma quickly became a popular allegory of the nuclear arms race. Intellectuals such as von Neumann and Bertrand Russell joined military and political leaders in rallying to the preventive war movement, which advocated a nuclear first strike against the Soviet Union. Though the Truman administration rejected preventive war the United States entered into an arms race with the Soviets and game theory developed into a controversial tool of public policy--alternately accused of justifying arms races and touted as the only hope of preventing them.

A masterful work of science writing, Prisoners Dilemma weaves together a biography of the brilliant and tragic von Neumann, a history of pivotal phases of the cold war, and an investigation of game theorys far-reaching influence on public policy today. Most important, Prisoners Dilemma is the incisive story of a revolutionary idea that has been hailed as a landmark of twentieth-century thought.

Prisoner`s Dilemma, Poundstone, William