Game Theory for Absolute Beginners

How can the choices we make every day be chosen most rationally?

 Through the study of games, game theorists seek to answer this question. These games aren’t just board games, such as chess or poker. Every choice we make is a game, and each game has both winners and losers.
Deutsch’s book provides the perfect start to learning about game theory. It will prepare you to be an informed decision maker as you approach the multitude of games in your life. Politics, finances, personal relationships — you will begin to see game theory everywhere. 

Being meant for absolute beginners, this book will take a very different approach than other books on game theory. Deutsch puts more emphasis on introducing you to real-world implementations of game theory than the math behind them. It is more practical than comprehensive, so that when you reach the end of the book, you will see how game theory is present in your life.

Challenge your friends with the Prisoner’s Dilemma; you might be surprised by their answers. Talk about the birth of game theory in French mathematics at dinner parties. Consider the corporate oligopolies and international alliances that form in our world, and how cooperative and competitive games create them.
Welcome to game theory.