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A beautiful math John Nash, game theory, and the modern quest for a code of nature

Print Book, English, c2006
Joseph Henry Press, Washington, D.C., c2006
viii, 264 p. : ill.
1200881541
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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