40 Paradoxes in Logic, Probability, and Game Theory Paperback – September 21, 2015

The book describes paradoxes of many kinds. Some paradoxes are of more hypothetical or philosophical nature, while others are strange and surprising results that actually occurred in real life. Such is the "Simpson's paradox", demonstrated in the book using American college football ranking, or the "Braess paradox", which shows that opening a new road can increase traffic jams, instead of decreasing them (a phenomenon believed to have occurred in major cities).Along the way the book touches on many fields and domains. There are historical anecdotes (e.g., a 1964 U.S. supreme court ruling offering a paradoxical distinction between art and pornography), concepts and methods from economics, decision theory, geometry, and probability.Everything is described in a simple, engaging way, and no special prior knowledge is assumed.

The "paradoxes" presented in this book are interesting and well-explained. My only wish was that there would have been more on game theory-there were only a few examples worked in at the end.

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the book gives me many interesting period when I enjoyed it. It helps your brain to keep fit, like you do exercises everyday <3

Nothing new here. Mostly okay presentation of widely known content. The proof of the divergence of the harmonic series is faulty so reader beware.

This is a must read for anyone wondering why some things don't seem to make sense

Great discussion about game theory. The explanation is so simple that even my Jr High school son can understand and grasp.

nice

Brilliant content to supplement general maths and logical thinking.The actual book quality on the other hand is a bit lower than expected.However, it is the content what matters so superb read. Would recommend for a logicial person!

Interesting book, helps to build logic and thinking

Ho preferito altri libri di Talwalkar come 'The Joy of Game Theory'. Questo l'ho trovato superficiale e molti degli esempi un po' tirati per i capelli

very interesting and entairteining

loads of fun