Siegfried, Tom,  1950- <br/><br/>
A beautiful math :  John Nash, game theory, and the modern quest for a code of nature / 
Tom Siegfried. 
 - Washington, D.C. :  Joseph Henry Press,  c2006. 
 - viii, 264 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-247) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2009. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0309101921 (hardback) 0309659280 (pdfs) 9780309101929 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006012394 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA693025  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>013590809  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Nash, John F.,  1928- 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Game theory.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QA269  / .S574 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>519.3