Finding the Game

Finding the Game
Author: Gwendolyn Oxenham
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2012-06-19
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1250010888

Across two dozen countries—from back alleys to remote beaches to the roofs of skyscrapers—an eye-opening journey into the heart of soccer Every country has a different term for it: In the United States it's "pickup." In Trinidad it's "taking a sweat." In Brazil it's "pelada" (literally "naked"). It's the other side of soccer, those spontaneous matches played away from the bright lights and manicured fields—the game for anyone, anywhere. At sixteen, Gwendolyn Oxenham was the youngest Division I athlete in NCAA history, a starter and leading goal-scorer for Duke. At twenty, she graduated, the women's professional soccer league folded, and her career was over. In Finding the Game, Oxenham, along with her boyfriend and two friends, chases the part of the game that outlasts a career. They bribe their way into a Bolivian prison, bet shillings on a game with moonshine brewers in Kenya, play with women in hijab on a court in Tehran—and discover what the world looks like when you wander down side streets, holding on to a ball. An entertaining, heartfelt look at the soul of a sport and a thrilling travel narrative, this book is proof that on the field and in life, some things need no translation.

Quest for Kim

Quest for Kim
Author: Peter Hopkirk
Publisher: John Murray
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2012-02-16
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1848547277

This book is for all those who love Kim, that masterpiece of Indian life in which Kipling immortalized the Great Game. Fascinated since childhood by this strange tale of an orphan boy's recruitment into the Indian secret service, Peter Hopkirk here retraces Kim's footsteps across Kipling's India to see how much of it remains. To attempt this with a fictional hero would normally be pointless. But Kim is different. For much of this Great Game classic was inspired by actual people and places, thus blurring the line between the real and the imaginary. Less a travel book than a literary detective story, this is the intriguing story of Peter Hopkirk's quest for Kim and a host of other shadowy figures.

Search Theory

Search Theory
Author: Steve Alpern
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2014-07-08
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1461468256

Search games and rendezvous problems have received growing attention in computer science within the past few years. Rendezvous problems emerge naturally, for instance, to optimize performance and convergence of mobile robots. This gives a new algorithmic point of view to the theory. Furthermore, modern topics such as the spreading of gossip or disease in social networks have lead to new challenging problems in search and rendezvous. Search Theory: A Game Theoretic Perspective introduces the first integrated approach to Search and Rendezvous from the perspectives of biologists, computer scientists and mathematicians. This contributed volume covers a wide range of topics including rendezvous problems and solutions, rendezvous on graphs, search games on biology, mobility in governed social networks, search and security, and more. Most chapters also include case studies or a survey, in addition to a chapter on the future direction of Search and Rendezvous research. This book targets researchers and practitioners working in computer science, mathematics and biology as a reference book. Advanced level students focused on these fields will also find this book valuable as a secondary text book or reference.

In Search Of Game

In Search Of Game
Author: Robin Sharma
Publisher: Invincible Publishers
Total Pages:
Release: 2022-03-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9390767288

About The Book An exciting epic starts when an intelligent, highly observant and strong-willed person rises from the ashes of a Love story? Raj, who was once an ideal lover, finds himself completely lost in the abyss of his life. With many unanswered questions about his failed relationship, he walks back into the world after deciding to avoid love at all costs. However, his destiny still takes him back into the beautiful street of love, where he takes practical decisions at every step to unfold the best strategies for enjoying a blissful relationship. Once considered a sacred loving relationship becomes a Game for him; every failure brings him closer to wisdom, strength and evolution. Embark on this evolutionary journey of a man who could not lose the Game! Aboy The Author Captain Robin Sharma, author, sailor and public speaker is launching his new work of fiction,In Search of Game. A sailor working with Maersk Tankers and an adventure lover, Capt. Sharma enjoys writing stories about love and joy, as he considers storytelling to be the most enjoyable method to deliver wisdom. He is also involved in social work, carrying out regular workshops at De-addiction rehabilitation centers spreading the best strategies to fight addiction in the simplest possible way. The author is highly adventurous and has participated in a number of thrilling sports like sky diving, river rafting & mountain biking. He has spent a considerable amount of time in solitude at sea thereby developing a keen sense of observing emotions.

The Away Game: The Epic Search for Soccer's Next Superstars

The Away Game: The Epic Search for Soccer's Next Superstars
Author: Sebastian Abbot
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2018-03-06
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0393292215

“An exhilarating, at times heartbreaking, and ultimately unforgettable journey that lays bare the true human stakes of the world’s most popular game.”—Warren St. John, best-selling author of Outcasts United Searching for soccer’s next superstars, an audacious program called Football Dreams held tryouts for millions of 13-year-old boys across Africa. In The Away Game, Sebastian Abbot follows several of the boys as they chase their dreams in a dizzying world of rich Arab sheikhs, money-hungry agents, and soccer-mad European fans.

Search Games and Other Applications of Game Theory

Search Games and Other Applications of Game Theory
Author: Andrey Garnaev
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 157
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3642573045

This book is on applications of game theory. The title of this book is not "Game Theory and its Applications" because it does not construct a general theory for considered games. The book contains a lot of examples of applica tion of game theory together with the background of those games considered and a list of unsolved problems. Also we consider only the game where the optimal strategies of the players are found in closed form. This book is an attempt to carryon the approach developed in nice books "Search Games" by Gal and "Geometric Games and their Applications" by Ruckle. The first chapter of this book supplies the required definitions and theorems from game theory. The second chapter deals with discrete search games where both players act simultaneously: the games of protection of a channel from infiltration of a submarine, the submarine versus helicopter game, the matrix search games and others. The third chapter considers the game where the players allocate their contin uous efforts. In these games players face up an alternative either not to come into contest if the cost of efforts seems too high, or come into it. In the last case the player have to decide how much resources they can afford to spend. The allocation models of search, antiballistic protection and marketing are investigated.