Games in theory?

             Rock, Paper, Scissors is a book written by Len Fisher. This book basically talks about game theory and practical applications of it. As a neophyte reader of a book regarding game theory, it was somehow hard to have a full grasp of the idea right away. The real-life examples or scenarios given by the author greatly helped.

            The first chapter briefly discussed about the Prisoner’s dilemma. It showed how the policemen or the judiciary system plays their “game”. In the second chapter of the book, he discussed about the principle of minimax and fair division. In the next chapter, he discussed about the seven deadly dilemmas which are interesting problems in game theory.

            The fourth chapter is the most interesting chapter. It discussed about the most played game, Rock-Paper-Scissors. I agree that there are truly no techniques in winning such a game. There are no strategies which we can learn in which one player can dominate another player. On the other hand, the author gave situations where we can apply and use game theory on games such as the Rock-Paper-Scissors.

            Also, the author provided lots of jokes at the end of the book which was quite unexpected to have in a book tackling about or having game theory as its subject.