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

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Washington, D.C. : Joseph Henry Press, c2006.Description: viii, 264 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0309101921 (hardback)
  • 0309659280 (pdfs)
  • 9780309101929
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 519.3 22
LOC classification:
  • QA269 .S574 2006
Online resources:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks QA269 .S574 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039000826304

Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-247) and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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