From: Michael Wojcik Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Basic prisoner's dilemma? Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:14:30 -0400 Organization: Micro Focus Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: p0bf0b2d072ff5375f28aa11354dfe4beaf827d6eb320ea6d.newsdawg.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1.23) Gecko/20090812 Thunderbird/2.0.0.23 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 In-Reply-To: Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.stben.net!gegeweb.org!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!news-xxxfer.readnews.com!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!69.16.185.11.MISMATCH!npeer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!spln!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!news6 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:3147 Daniele Futtorovic wrote: > > If you're interested in the topic apart from the programming aspect, I > *very* strongly suggest you read Dawkins' "Selfish Gene" and "Blind > Watchmaker". Even if you're not, by the way -- those are IMHO must-reads. Another nice work on the subject, particularly for someone with just a casual interest who's looking for a light treatment, is William Poundstone's _Prisoner's Dilemma_, which combines an introduction to and history of game theory with biographical anecdotes about von Neumann, Nash, and others. -- Michael Wojcik Micro Focus Rhetoric & Writing, Michigan State University