Around the World in Eighty Games: A Mathematician Unlocks the Secrets of the Greatest Games Physiological & neuro-psychology turn inside out and explore

turn inside out and explore every which way

In a cosy brownstone in Brooklyn

a torrid encounter for Bettina in the school boiler-rooms

when Grandma gets lost and doesn’t know how to ask for help

Around the World in Eighty Games: A Mathematician Unlocks the Secrets of the Greatest Games Physiological & neuro-psychology turn inside out and exploreWhere 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 80 Games gleefully explores how mathematics and games have always been deeply intertwined. Marcus du Sautoy investigates how games provided the first opportunities for deep mathematical insight into the world, how understanding maths can