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Not Just a Game
In the current issue of The New Yorker, Dan Baum explains how junior officers are helping to train each other on types of warfare that many top generals have not experienced themselves. We’ll speak to Major Peter Kilner about how soldiers are using his websites as a new way of dealing with the war in Iraq. Then, Miranda Seymour examines the fast-paced life of racecar driver Hellé Nice, from her early days as a dancer and nude model, to her fame on the racetrack and in the social circles of 1930s Europe, in Bugatti Queen. Jazz saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter joins his biographer Michelle Mercer for a look back at his life and career, as captured in the new book Footprints: The Life and Work of Wayne Shorter. Finally, on our regular Friday feature, Please Explain, we look into game theory. What exactly is it, and how can we apply it to our everyday lives?
Virtual Reality
Major Peter Kilner on using the Internet for grass roots training of troops in Iraq.
» Dan Baum's New Yorker article
» Link to Kilner's Company Command site
» Link to Kilner's Platoon Leader site
Music: Soundtrack to Heat, music by Elliot Goldenthal: "Force Marker" / "Heat," Kronos Quartet
Life in the Fast Lane
Miranda Seymour discusses her search for a French racing legend: Bugatti Queen.
Music:
Keyboard Wizards of the Gershwin Era Volume II: "Jazz Nocturne" / "The Night Is Young and You're So Beautiful"
Mysterious Traveler
Biographer Michelle Mercer and jazz saxophonist/composer Wayne Shorter on the Footprints he has left on modern music.
Music: Etcetera, Wayne Shorter: "Barracudas" (General Assembly)
Super Nova, Wayne Shorter: "Water Babies"
Footprints: The Life and Music of Wayne Shorter: "Masquelero" (Live Version)
Games People Play
We’ll try to explain game theory with David K. Levine and Steven Brams. David Levine is the Armen Alchain Professor of Economic Theory at UCLA and the co-author of Learning in Games. Steven Brams is a professor of Political Science at New York University and the author of many books on game theory, including Game Theory and Politics and Theory of Moves.
» David Lavine's website on game theory
» More on the Please Explain series
Music: Soundtrack to Sonatine, music by Joe Hisaishi
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Tributes: Jeanne-Claude
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