suggestions on first courses in game theory

Question

I am looking for introductory texts in Game Theory. It will my first time studying this, and I prefer the non-economics kind (which I always find in the internet). If there is a biological slant to it, then even better.

Please suggest textbook entries (priority), lecture notes of different courses (secondary).

Thanks

Answer 1

An Introduction to game theory by Martin J. Osborne is a very good introductory textbook.
Here's the link: https://www.economics.utoronto.ca/osborne/igt/

Also, these lecture notes by MIT are very good but I'll suggest you go through with the book first, it has theory from basics and pretty good questions too.
Lectures Link: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/14-126-game-theory-spring-2016/

Answer 2

Another standard (and very good) introductory book on Game Theory is Gibbons "Game Theory for Applied Economists," which is circulated in Europe under the title "A Primer in Game Theory."

Gibbons on Amazon

A more gentle introduction to game theory is "Games of Strategy" by Avniash Dixit and Susan Skeath. It puts more emphasis on intuition and less on math. I personally prefer Gibbons, but some students seem to like Dixit's book more.

Dixiit and Skeath on amazon

Answer 3

I second the MIT lecture notes https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/14-126-game-theory-spring-2016/lecture-notes/ and

An Introductory Course on Mathematical Game Theory by González-Díaz et al. https://bookstore.ams.org/gsm-115/