A beautiful math [electronic resource] : John Nash, game theory, and the modern quest for a code of nature / Tom Siegfried.
By: Siegfried, Tom.
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BookPublisher: Washington, D.C. : Joseph Henry Press, c2006Description: viii, 264 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Game theoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 519.3 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 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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