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ISBN: 9781800236523
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Languages : en
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Art of War
Author: Art of War Strategic Puzzles
Author: Richard Wolfrik GallandPublisher:
ISBN: 9781787392496
Category : Puzzles
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The Art of War Puzzle Book
Author: Roland HallPublisher: Arcturus Publishing
ISBN: 1398846112
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Put your logical thinking to the test with this brain-boosting puzzle book, inspired by Sun Tzu's classic treatise of military strategy, The Art of War. Written by bestselling puzzle author Roland Hall, this collection includes over 100 narrative puzzles which bring the tactics and strategic thinking of The Art of War to life. Prove you can outsmart the enemy on the battlefield or in the boardroom as you pit your wits against all manner of riddles, dilemmas and conundrums. You'll need to sharpen your strategic skills and use every bit of cunning to solve them all. Each of the puzzles within takes a quote from The Art of War, as its starting point. You need to take heed of the lessons they offer if you're to come out on top! ABOUT THE SERIES: Arcturus Classic Puzzles bring together mind-bending puzzles inspired by classic themes and figures from history and literature, from ancient antiquity to modern greats.
The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life
Author: Avinash K. DixitPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393069952
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
“I am hard pressed to think of another book that can match the combination of practical insights and reading enjoyment.”—Steven Levitt Game theory means rigorous strategic thinking. It’s the art of anticipating your opponent’s next moves, knowing full well that your rival is trying to do the same thing to you. Though parts of game theory involve simple common sense, much is counterintuitive, and it can only be mastered by developing a new way of seeing the world. Using a diverse array of rich case studies—from pop culture, TV, movies, sports, politics, and history—the authors show how nearly every business and personal interaction has a game-theory component to it. Mastering game theory will make you more successful in business and life, and this lively book is the key to that mastery.
On Grand Strategy
Author: John Lewis GaddisPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525557296
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
“The best education in grand strategy available in a single volume . . . a book that should be read by every American leader or would-be leader.”—The Wall Street Journal A master class in strategic thinking, distilled from the legendary program the author has co-taught at Yale for decades John Lewis Gaddis, the distinguished historian of the Cold War, has for almost two decades co-taught grand strategy at Yale University with his colleagues Charles Hill and Paul Kennedy. Now, in On Grand Strategy, Gaddis reflects on what he has learned. In chapters extending from the ancient world through World War II, Gaddis assesses grand strategic theory and practice in Herodotus, Thucydides, Sun Tzu, Octavian/Augustus, St. Augustine, Machiavelli, Elizabeth I, Philip II, the American Founding Fathers, Clausewitz, Tolstoy, Lincoln, Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Isaiah Berlin. On Grand Strategy applies the sharp insights and wit readers have come to expect from Gaddis to times, places, and people he’s never written about before. For anyone interested in the art of leadership, On Grand Strategy is, in every way, a master class.
The Nikola Tesla Electrifying Puzzle Book
Author: Richard Wolfrik GallandPublisher: Carlton Books
ISBN: 9781787392458
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Immerse yourself in Tesla's world of invention, innovation, and experimentation These puzzles will test whether you can hold your own against the Father of Electricity. Enter the universe of Nikola Tesla, the inventor who enabled the modern world as we know it, thanks to his work as a pioneering electrical engineer, inventor, physicist, and futurist. This clever collection offers solvers a range of logic puzzles, lateral thinking problems, memory tests, and other conundrums all inspired by Tesla's life and work. So set your synapses sparking and embark on a quest to solve the challenges inside. Previously available as The Nikola Tesla Puzzle Collection.
Sun Tzu's the Art of War Plus the Warrior Class: : 306 Lessons in Strategy
Author: Gary GagliardiPublisher:
ISBN: 9781929194759
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The book that is the basis of the Science of Strategy Institute's on-line training program. This award-winning book ("Foreword Magazine's" Self-Help Book of the Year) offers our most detailed lessons of Sun Tzu's strategic methods. The book was designed as long series of short, easy-to-understand lessons for those who really want to understand the inner workings of human competition. Examples from modern business and every day life are used to illustrate what people do right and wrong in making strategic decisions.Each lesson is put into a format that frames each stanza of Sun Tzu's work as a specific strategic concept. Sun Tzu's non-intuitive approach to success is contrasted with our less successful instinctual reactions to competitive challenges. Below, we show you the table of contents, a list of the type of topics the lessons address, and a sample lesson from the book. Table of Contents Lesson Topics10 Using This Book15 Introduction: Sun Tzu's Basic Concepts Lessons 1-2116 Analysis Lessons 22-3839 Going to War Lessons 39-5358 Planning an Attack Lessons 54-6874 Positioning Lessons 69-8590 Momentum Lessons 86-104108 Weakness and Strength Lessons 105-124128 Armed Conflict Lessons 125-145150 Adaptability Lessons 146-159172 Armed March Lessons 160-193188 Field Position Lessons 194-220224 Types of Terrain Lessons 221-267252 Attacking with Fire Lessons 268-284300 Using Spies Lessons 285-306318 Glossary of Key Concepts342 Index of Art of War Topics348 Sample List of Lesson Topics: Emotion versus Strategy17 2: The Framework of Strategy18 3: The Goal of Strategy19 4: A Unique Position20 5: The Competitive Environment21 6: The Changing Times22 7: Competitive Success23 8: The Need for a Philosophy24 9: Advancing a Position25 10: The Source of Knowledge26 11: The Source of Opportunity27 12: Acting on Vision28 13: Positioning29 14: Attacks and Battles30 15: Moving through Opposition31 Sample Lesson Lesson 14: Attacks and Battles What is the difference between an attack, a battle, and conflict? A.Only conflict is inherently destructive. B.Only battle is inherently costly. C.Only attack is inherently aggressive. D.There is no difference. "You must avoid disasters from armed conflict." The Art of War 7:1.5 Answer: A. Only conflict is inherently destructive. In English, conflict, battle, and attack can be used interchangeably. However, Sun Tzu expresses these ideas as three distinct, though related, concepts critical to his strategic theory. The concept of attack is " gong." It means movement (" hang") into a new area. It doesn't necessarily-but can-mean meeting the enemy in battle or conflict with an opposing force. Attacks are the topic of chapter 3, Planning an Attack. The concept of battle is " zhan," which means meeting challenges or opponents but not necessarily conflict with them. We meet opponents when we have an advantage-when our opponents will back down, surrender, or come to an advantageous agreement. The final concept is " zheng," conflict. This is the destructive meeting of forces. Typically, we avoid conflict, but it is not always avoidable. This is the topic of chapter 7, Armed Conflict. So we have an array of ideas becoming progressively more costly. Movement ("hang") is the most general. Movement into new areas is attack ("gong"). Attacks that involve confrontation are battles ("zhan"). Battles that involve conflict are "zheng" .
Rethinking Strategy for Creative Industries
Author: Milan TodorovicPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317911873
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Creative Industry practices are increasingly manifested through hybrid models and methods and emerging sub-sectors. With ever finer dividing lines between form and content, product and service, participation and consumption, the distinctions between sectors are increasingly blurred, while new, convergent models emerge. Reflecting this fluid context, this book provides a new perspective on strategy in the Creative Industries. Based on extensive original research and live empirical data derived from case studies, interviews, and observations with creative managers, it reveals strategic decision-making by analysing business manoeuvres and stages of innovation in the Creative Industries. Through analysing the interactive features of aesthetically driven information assets, and how new user/consumer cultures are applied, it uncovers the principles that are transforming strategy in the Creative Industries. This innovative volume will be of significant interest to scholars, advanced students and practitioners in the Creative Industries as well as well as industry consultancies and practitioners.
10 Best Books on Military Strategies
Author: ThucydidesPublisher: Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1215
Book Description
The study of the works of the great commanders and philosophers of the past is a very important part of military education Military activity has been a constant process over thousands of years, and the essential tactics, strategy, and goals of military operations have been unchanging throughout history. Via the study of history, the military seeks to avoid past mistakes, and improve upon its current performance by instilling an ability in commanders to perceive historical parallels during battle, so as to capitalize on the lessons learned. The main areas military history includes are the history of wars, battles, and combats, history of the military art, and history of each specific military service. This book includes unique works of Sun Tsu, Thucydides, Sextus Julius Frontinus, Julius Caesar, Xenophon, Flavius Vegetius Renatus, Machiavelli, T.E. Lawrence, Napoleon Bonaparte, Carl von Clausewitz. Contents: Sun Tzu - The Art of War Thucydides - The History of the Peloponnesian War Caius Julius Caesar - The War In Gaul; The Civil War Niccolo Machiavelli - The Art of War; The Prince Sextus Julius Frontinus - Stratagems Xenophon - Anabasis Flavius Vegetius Renatus - The Military Institutions of the Romans Carl von Clausewitz - On War T.E. Lawrence - Seven Pillars of Wisdom Napoleon Bonaparte - The Officer's Manual Napoleon's Maxims of War war strategy, Strategies of War
Evolutionary Game Design
Author: Cameron BrownePublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1447121791
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
The book describes the world's first successful experiment in fully automated board game design. Evolutionary methods were used to derive new rule sets within a custom game description language, and self-play trials used to estimate each derived game's potential to interest human players. The end result is a number of new and interesting games, one of which has proved popular and gone on to be commercially published.
