A beautiful math

by Siegfried, Tom,
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Published by : Joseph Henry Press, (Washington, D.C. :) Physical details: viii, 264 p. : ill. Year: 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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