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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, c2006.

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 Loma Adult Nonfiction  519.3 Siegfried    LOOK ON SHELF
Description viii, 264 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 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 (hardback)
0309659280 (pdfs)
9780309101929
9780309659284
9780309101 (hbk.)
9789780309107 (hbk.)
9780309659 (pdfs.)
9789780309657 (pdfs.)
Standard No. 9780309101929