|
Emory University - FALL Aug 2010 | ||
Section 000 | ||
Mathematics and Politics: Strategy, Voting, Power, and Proof (2nd Edition) by Alan D. Taylor, Allison M. Pacelli Hardcover, 364 Pages, Published 2009 ISBN-10: 0-387-77643-5 / 0387776435 ISBN-13: 978-0-387-77643-9 / 9780387776439 Why would anyone bid $3. 25 in an auction where the prize is a single dollar bill? Can one game explain the apparent irrationality behind both the arms race of the 1980s and the libretto of Puccini s opera Tosca? How can one calculation suggest the president has 4 percent of the power in the United |