A beautiful math : John Nash, game theory, and the modern quest for a code of nature / Tom Siegfried.
Publication details: Washington, D.C. : Joseph Henry Press, c2006.Description: viii, 264 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0309101921 (hardback)
- 0309659280 (pdfs)
- 9780309101929
- 519.3 22
- QA269 .S574 2006
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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.
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