Around the World in Eighty Games momotaro

Around the World in Eighty Games momotaroA fun and unexpected (The Economist) global tour of the worlds greatest games and the mathematics that underlies them Where should you move first in Connect 4? What is the best property in Monopoly? And how can pi help you win rock paper scissors? Spanning millennia, oceans and continents, countries and cultures, Around the World in Eighty Games gleefully explores how mathematics and games have always been deeply intertwined. Renowned mathematician

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four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan

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At the heart of affirmative action's failure is a simple phenomenon called mismatch

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With profound implications for the choices we make in parenting