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GameTek
Engelsk
Bogcover for GameTek af Geoffrey Engelstein, 9781460757376
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
272
ISBN-13:
9781460757376
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1460757378
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
29 jan 2019
Størrelse i cm:
22,8 x 13,9 x 2,0
Oplagsdato:
29 jan 2019
Forfatter(e):
Paperback 2019
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What games can teach us about life, the universe and ourselves.



If you shuffle a deck of cards what are the odds that the sequence is unique? What is the connection between dice, platonic solids and Newton''s theory of gravity? What is more random: a dice tower or a number generator? Can you actually employ a strategy for a game as basic as Rock-Paper-Scissors?

These are all questions that are thrown up in games and life. Games involve chance, choice, competition, innovation, randomness, memory, stand-offs and paradoxes - aspects that designers manipulate to make a game interesting, fun and addictive, and players try to master for enjoyment and winning. But they also provide a fascinating way for us to explore our world; to understand how our minds tick, our numbers add up, and our laws of physics work.

This is a book that tackles the big questions of life through the little questions of games.

With short chapters on everything from memory games to the Prisoner''s Dilemma, to Goedel''s theorems, GameTek is fascinating reading anyone for who wants to explore the world from a new perspective - and a must-read book for serious designers and players.

PRAISE

''Math, physics, psychology and all the other stuff you didn''t even realise you were using while playing board games! Dr E has opened the door to the game under the game in fascinating, fun detail. Now you have NO reason to ever lose again! Rock!'' Tommy Dean, board-gamer and stand-up comic

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
272
ISBN-13:
9781460757376
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1460757378
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
29 jan 2019
Størrelse i cm:
22,8 x 13,9 x 2,0
Oplagsdato:
29 jan 2019
Forfatter(e):
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