FLASHCARDS! You Already Think Like a Game Theorist!

FLASHCARDS! You Already Think Like a Game Theorist!

PODCAST TRANSCRIPTS It’s Flash­cards Fri­day at Math Sci­ence His­to­ry! I’m Gabrielle Bir­chak. If you’ve been with me this week and last week, you already know I have been deep in the world of game the­o­ry. And here’s the cool part, did you know that you are a game the­o­rist. You’ve been doing it your whole life. Every nego­ti­a­tion every shortcut

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Math! Science! History! The Birth of Game Theory

Math! Science! History! The Birth of Game Theory

PODCAST TRANSCRIPTS Game the­o­ry is every­where, from the moves you make in chess to the way coun­tries nego­ti­ate treaties, from the strate­gies in our favorite video game to the deci­sions we make every day. But how did this field come to be? Who were the bril­liant minds behind it, and what math­e­mat­i­cal break­throughs made it pos­si­ble? Wel­come to Math! Science!

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FLASHCARDS! Why Airline Prices Change After You Search

FLASHCARDS! Why Airline Prices Change After You Search

It’s Flash­card Fri­days here at Math! Sci­ence! His­to­ry! I’m your host, Gabrielle Bir­chak, and today we’re look­ing at a mys­tery many of us have expe­ri­enced: why do air­line prices jump around, some­times with­in min­utes, after we search for a flight? You check once. It’s $278. You think, “Hmm, maybe I’ll wait a few hours.” You check again. $348. You wait

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