“Game” for Power

Prof. Francesco dell’Isola is co-author of more than  284 papers (indexed in Scopus). He was editor or co-author of 8 technical books published in Springer Nature, also. He supervised or co-supervised more than 20 Ph.D. students and 20 postdoctoral projects. He gave more than 80 invited lectures in several universities and international conferences and has been Visiting Professor in more than 7 universities (France, USA, and Russia). He has founded and directed the International Research Center of the Università dell’Aquila and its journal. In 2018, he has been Russell Severance Springer Professor at the University of California, Berkeley and has been nominated CNRS FELLOW in 2023, based at the ENS Paris Saclay. His research interests are in several fields of theoretical mechanics and applied mathematics: the common techniques used are variational principles, as a heuristic tool for formulating mathematical models. In particular, he has studied the possible applications of Lagrangian mechanics methods to social sciences and economy and the present book popularises some of the most important results in this field.

• Introduction.- Why networks of power are unavoidable in human societies.- Game theory as a part of mathematics.- Nash equilibrium and pareto optimality.- Characterization of the possible applications of game theory.- Mischis deeds.- Traitors and womens networks.- Guilds technocrats and judges.- Constitutional rules to control the actions of networks or power.- Representative constitutional democracies.- The possible solutions to the problems caused by the existence of power.- Darwins conjecture about human progress.

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