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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MOMENTUM! 3 Game Theory Power-Ups to Hack Your Daily Routine

MOMENTUM! 3 Game Theory Power-Ups to Hack Your Daily Routine

PODCAST TRANSCRIPTS Wel­come to Momen­tum Mon­day, the pod­cast where I turn math, sci­ence, and his­to­ry into quick, action­able tips for your week. I’m Gabrielle Bir­chak and today I play­ing a dif­fer­ent kind of game, the game of life. Game the­o­ry isn’t just for econ­o­mists, coders or chess play­ers. It’s a toolk­it for mak­ing smarter deci­sions, whether you’re nego­ti­at­ing a raise, deal­ing with a dif­fi­cult cowork­er, or just

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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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Boolean Logic and Winning at Cluedo (Clue)

Boolean Logic and Winning at Cluedo (Clue)

The Ori­gins of Boolean Log­ic Boolean log­ic was devel­oped by George Boole, a self-taught math­e­mati­cian and logi­cian from Eng­land. Boole’s inter­est in log­ic began ear­ly, inspired by his father, a shoe­mak­er with a pas­sion for sci­ence and math­e­mat­ics. In 1854, Boole pub­lished his sem­i­nal work, An Inves­ti­ga­tion of the Laws of Thought, where he intro­duced an inter­est­ing con­cept where he

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