TY - BOOK ID - 52587286 TI - A mathematical look at politics AU - Robinson, E. Arthur AU - Ullman, Daniel PY - 2011 SN - 1439819831 0429066759 1439891176 9781439891179 9781439819838 9781439819845 143981984X 9780429066757 PB - Boca Raton, FL DB - UniCat KW - Political science KW - Administration KW - Civil government KW - Commonwealth, The KW - Government KW - Political theory KW - Political thought KW - Politics KW - Science, Political KW - Social sciences KW - State, The KW - Mathematics. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:52587286 AB - What Ralph Nader's spoiler role in the 2000 presidential election tells us about the American political system. Why Montana went to court to switch the 1990 apportionment to Dean’s method. How the US tried to use game theory to win the Cold War, and why it didn’t work. When students realize that mathematical thinking can address these sorts of pressing concerns of the political world it naturally sparks their interest in the underlying mathematics. ER -