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008			210909s2022 nyua b 001 0 eng
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020			_a9781324003779
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050		4	_aGV1312 _b.R643 2022
099			_a794 ROE
100	1		_aRoeder, Oliver,
245	1	0	_aSeven games : _ba human history / _cOliver Roeder.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York, N.Y. : _bW.W. Norton & Company, _c[2022]
300			_a306 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 285-296) and index.
505	0		_aPrologue -- Introduction -- Checkers -- Chess -- Go -- Backgammon -- Poker -- Scrabble -- Bridge -- Epilogue.
520			_a"A group biography of seven enduring and beloved games, and the story of why-and how-we play them. Checkers, Backgammon, Chess, and Go. Poker, Scrabble, and Bridge. These seven games, ancient and modern, fascinate millions of people worldwide. In Seven Games, Oliver Roeder charts their origins and historical importance, the delightful arcana of their rules, and the behavioral design that make them pleasurable. Roeder introduces thrilling competitors, such as evangelical minister Marion Tinsley, who across forty years lost only three games of checkers; Shusai the Master, the last Go champion of Imperial Japan, defending tradition against "modern rationalism"; and an IBM engineer who created a backgammon program so capable at self-learning that NASA used it on the Space Shuttle. Throughout, Roeder tells the compelling story of how humans, pursuing scientific glory and competitive advantage, have invented AI programs better than any human player, and what that means for the games-and for us. Funny, fascinating and profound, Seven Games is a story of obsession, psychology, history, and how play makes us human"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aBoard games _xHistory.
650		0	_aCard games _xHistory.
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