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This classic on games and how to play them intelligently is being re-issued in a new, four volume edition. This book has laid the foundation to a mathematical approach to playing games. The wise authors wield witty words, which wangle wonderfully winning ways. In Volume 1, the authors do the Spade Work, presenting theories and techniques to ""dissect"" games of varied structures and formats in order to develop winning strategies.

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9781568811307

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Winning Ways is an absolute must have for those who are interested in mathematical game theory. It is sure to please any fan of recreational mathematics or simply anyone who is interested in games and how to play them well. -Jacob McMillen, Math Horizons, November 2005 This new edition confirms the status of the book as a standard reference, which it will continue to be for at least another decade. -Adhemar Bultheel, Bulletin of the Belgian Mathematical Society , December 2005

Winning Ways is the greatest contribution of this century to the burgeoning field of recreational mathematics. No other work has been so packed with completely new and significant material, or presented with so much wit, depth, and clarity. -Martin Gardner Winning Ways is chaotic, rich with more examples than you can digest, full of diagrams, cartoon pictures, tables, in-jokes, silly jokes, silly puns, mnemonic devices, who knows what other devices, and it has more information and game winning strategies than you would ever want to know. In short, it is more fun than the Three Stooges, albeit more intellectual. -Mathematical Reviews

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Berlekamp , Elwyn R.; Conway , John H.; Guy , Richard K.

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