Making Sense of Game Theory

Created by the luminary mathematician and father of computer science, John Von Neumann, many of the key ideas in Game Theory have become part of our everyday lexicon, and play a major role in everything from military and geopolitical strategy to the keyword auctions that make billions of dollars for Amazon and Google. Von Neumann’s biographer Ananyo Bhattacharya offers a layman’s guide to this complex field.