在80场游戏中环游世界:一位数学家解开了伟大游戏的秘密 Around the World in 80 Games: A mathematician unlocks the secrets of the greatest games

基本信息

Format:Paperback / softback 384 pages

Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers

Imprint:Fourth Estate Ltd

ISBN:9780008525958

Published:29 Aug 2024

Weight:340g

Dimensions:198 x 129 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

“非常清晰和迷人的散文” 斯蒂芬·弗莱 沃特斯通 2023 年度图书 一位屡获殊荣的数学家探索了我们喜爱的游戏背后的数学以及我们喜欢玩这些游戏的原因。在四子棋中你应该先移动到哪里？大富翁中哪个属性好？圆周率如何帮助你赢得石头剪刀布？跨越海洋、大陆和千年，屡获殊荣的数学家马库斯·杜·索托伊探索了数学和游戏是如何一直深深交织在一起的。游戏不仅是人类心理和文化不可或缺的一部分，还为深入数学洞察世界提供了一个机会。

这场伟大的冒险教会了我们如何制定战略、玩得更好、更经常获胜。 “主题很有趣（我的意思是，这不正是‘有趣’的定义吗？）而且杜·索托伊的热情极具感染力。”《星期日泰晤士报》“生动、富有创意、充满人性——完全符合人们对马库斯·杜·索托伊的期望。”蒂姆·哈福德，《如何让世界加起来》一书的作者“一场令人愉快和上瘾的游戏盛宴。你会一直想再玩一次。”达拉·奥·布赖恩，《有人在那里吗？》一书的作者“你不需要是经验丰富的玩家，也不需要是熟练的数学家，就可以享受这本迷人的书。

然而，这本书可能会鼓励你成为其中之一。”雷纳·克尼齐亚，获奖游戏设计师

'BRILLIANTLY CLEAR AND CAPTIVATING PROSE' STEPHEN FRY A WATERSTONES BOOK OF YEAR 2023 An award-winning mathematician explores the maths behind the games we love and why we love to play them. Where should you move first in Connect 4? Which property is best in Monopoly? How can pi help you win Rock Paper Scissors? Crossing oceans, continents and millennia, award-winning mathematician Marcus du Sautoy explores how maths and games have always been deeply intertwined. As well as being integral to human psychology and culture throughout the ages, games provided the first opportunities for deep mathematical insight into the world.

This grand adventure teaches us how to strategise, play better and win more often. ‘The subject matter is fun (I mean, isn’t it quite literally the definition of fun?) and du Sautoy’s enthusiasm is infectious’ THE SUNDAY TIMES ‘Lively, creative and humane – exactly as one would expect from Marcus du Sautoy’ TIM HARFORD, author of How To Make The World Add Up 'A delightful and addictive celebration of games. You’ll keep wanting one more go' DARA Ó BRIAIN, author of Is There Anybody Out There? ‘You do not need to be a seasoned player nor a skilled mathematician to relish this enchanting read.

However, this book may just encourage you to become one or the other’ REINER KNIZIA, award-winning game designer

作者简介

马库斯·杜·索托伊被《星期日独立报》评为英国知名科学家之一，他为《卫报》、《泰晤士报》和《每日电讯报》撰写了大量文章，并多次出现在 Radio 4 上。2008 年，他被任命为牛津大学有名的西蒙尼科学公众理解教授，该职位之前由理查德·道金斯担任。

Marcus du Sautoy has been named by the Independent on Sunday as one of the UK's leading scientists, has written extensively for the Guardian, The Times and the Daily Telegraph and has appeared on Radio 4 on numerous occasions. In 2008 he was appointed to Oxford University’s prestigious professorship as the Simonyi Chair for the Public Understanding of Science, a post previously held by Richard Dawkins.