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Author Siegfried, Tom, 1950-

Title A beautiful math : John Nash, game theory, and the modern quest for a code of nature / Tom Siegfried.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : Joseph Henry Press, [2006]
©2006
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1232690~S1
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Description viii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-247) and index.
Contents Smith's Hand Searching for the Code of Nature -- von Neumann's Games Game theory's origins -- Nash's Equilibrium Game theory's foundation -- Smith's Strategies Evolution, altruism, and cooperation -- Freud's Dream Games and the brain -- Seldon's Solution Game theory, culture, and human nature -- Quetelet's Statistics and Maxwell's Molecules Statistics and society, statistics and physics -- Bacon's Links Networks, society, and games -- Asimov's Vision Psychohistory, or sociophysics? -- Meyer's Penny Quantum fun and games -- Pascal's Wager Games, probability, information, and ignorance.
Subject Game theory.
ISBN 0309101921
0309659280
9780309101929
9780309659284
9780309101 (929)
9789780309107 (929)
9780309659 (284)
9789780309657 (284)
Standard No. 9780309101929
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