Professor John Maynard Smith has written an account of a new way of thinking about evolution which has been developed in the last ten years. The theory of games, first developed to analyse economic behaviour, is modified so that it can be applied to evolving populations. John Maynard Smith's concept of an evolutionarily stable strategy is relevant whenever the best thing for an animal or plant to do depends on what others are doing. The theory leads to testable predictions about the evolution of behaviour, of sex and genetic systems, and of growth and life history patterns. This book contains the first full account of the theory, and of the data relevant to it. The account is aimed at senior undergraduate and graduate students, teachers and research workers in animal behaviour, population genetics and evolutionary biology. The book will also be of interest to mathematicians and game theorists; the mathematics has been largely confined to appendixes so that the main text may be easily followed by biologists.
约翰·梅纳德·史密斯(John Maynard Smith,1920—2004),英国苏塞克斯大学(University of Sussex)教授,演化博弈论之父。曾获得多项国际荣誉,包括1986年达尔文奖章(Darwin Medal)、1991年意大利巴仁奖(Balzan Prize)、1995年林奈奖章(Linnean Medal)、1999年科普利奖章(Copley Medal)和克雷福德生物科学奖(The Crafoord Prize)以及2001年的京都奖(Kyoto Prize)。其代表作《演化与博弈论》是演化博弈论领域的经典著作。
This book offers such a powerful approach for understanding changes and equilibria that it has fundamentally altered the way I think of my life.
评分This book offers such a powerful approach for understanding changes and equilibria that it has fundamentally altered the way I think of my life.
评分This book offers such a powerful approach for understanding changes and equilibria that it has fundamentally altered the way I think of my life.
评分This book offers such a powerful approach for understanding changes and equilibria that it has fundamentally altered the way I think of my life.
评分This book offers such a powerful approach for understanding changes and equilibria that it has fundamentally altered the way I think of my life.
这本书的语言张力非常独特,它既有学术的严谨性,又夹杂着一种近乎文学性的洞察力,读起来绝不让人感到枯燥乏味。作者擅长运用譬喻和类比来解释那些极其抽象的数学或行为学概念,使得即便是对该领域不太熟悉的读者,也能迅速捕捉到核心要义。我特别喜欢他处理“信息不对称”议题时的那种微妙笔触,将人类在信息获取和利用上的微妙心理变化描绘得淋漓尽致。这种对人类本性的深刻理解,赋予了这本书超越纯粹理论分析的厚重感。每读完一个章节,我都需要放下书本,在房间里踱步片刻,消化其中蕴含的丰富信息和复杂含义。它不仅仅是知识的传递,更是一场思维的洗礼,迫使我重新审视自己日常生活中所做的每一个决策背后的驱动力。
评分这本书的开篇着实抓住了我的眼球,那种将宏大叙事与微观个体行为巧妙结合的叙事手法,让人忍不住想一探究竟。作者似乎有一种魔力,能将那些原本枯燥乏味的理论框架,编织成一张张生动有趣的故事网。我尤其欣赏他对不同学科交叉点的探索,那种跨越边界的勇气和洞察力,使得整本书的论述不再是单线性的,而是呈现出一种立体、多维的结构。读进去之后,我发现自己不再是被动地接受信息,而是主动地思考,去模拟书中所描述的那些博弈场景,试图找出隐藏在表象之下的深层逻辑。那种思维被拉伸、被挑战的感觉,正是阅读一本优秀学术著作所应有的体验。整本书的行文节奏把握得非常好,张弛有度,既有高屋建瓴的理论阐述,也有细致入微的案例分析,确保了阅读的深度和广度都能得到满足。
评分我对这本书的某些章节感到非常惊喜,特别是关于群体决策动态的部分。作者并没有满足于提出一个简单的模型,而是深入挖掘了决策过程中“非理性”因素如何影响最终结果,这无疑是对传统理性选择理论的一种有益补充和挑战。语言风格在这里变得尤为精炼,每一个词语的选择都似乎经过了反复的推敲,力求在最短的篇幅内传达出最丰富的信息量。我甚至为此停下来,翻阅了作者引用的几篇原始文献,想更深入地了解他论证的根基。这种引导读者进行深度探究的写作方式,使得这本书的价值远超其字面内容,它更像是一张通往更广阔知识领域的地图。书中对历史先例的引用也恰到好处,避免了理论的空泛,让抽象的概念得以在历史的真实情境中得到检验和印证。
评分这部作品在方法论上的创新性是毋庸置疑的,它似乎在不动声色地重塑我们理解“策略性互动”的视角。作者对模型的构建过程描述得极为详尽,但关键在于,他始终没有让工具本身凌驾于其解释力之上。他很清楚地表明,任何模型都只是理解世界的工具,而非世界本身。这种谦逊而又坚定的态度,在严肃的学术写作中是难能可贵的。特别是他对于动态过程和时间序列的分析部分,展现了令人赞叹的数学功底,但作者的表达方式却充满了人文关怀,避免了晦涩难懂的公式堆砌。这本书的价值在于,它成功地架设了一座桥梁,连接了冷峻的逻辑推演与鲜活的现实世界,让理论焕发出实际的指导意义。
评分这本书的结构布局体现了一种古典的美感,层层递进,逻辑链条清晰得如同精密的钟表构造。初读时,可能会觉得某些概念的引入略显突兀,但当读到后面,豁然开朗,便知晓那正是为后续更复杂论证埋下的必要基石。作者对于“平衡点”的探讨,尤其引人入胜,他没有简单地给出定义,而是通过一系列巧妙设计的思想实验,展现了不同初始条件如何导向截然不同的稳定状态。这种叙事上的留白和对读者智力的信任,是很多当代学术作品所缺乏的。读到最后,我感觉自己像是跟随一位技艺高超的向导,穿梭于复杂的思维迷宫之中,最终抵达了一个逻辑自洽、令人信服的终点。唯一美中不足的是,某些配图的质量似乎有待提高,但瑕不掩瑜,核心内容的深刻性足以弥补这一点小小的遗憾。
评分This book offers such a powerful approach towards understanding changes and equilibria that it has fundamentally altered the way I think of my life.
评分This book offers such a powerful approach towards understanding changes and equilibria that it has fundamentally altered the way I think of my life.
评分文字表述很吸引人
评分This book offers such a powerful approach towards understanding changes and equilibria that it has fundamentally altered the way I think of my life.
评分一点儿小启蒙。 大四做presentation的reference。 那时候觉得相当精彩,可惜我最终还是没能读下去。
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