01903nam a22003494a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095015001900112016001800131020002600149020002200175020001800197040002100215035002100236050002400257082001400281100002700295245013100322260005200453300002500505504006400530505060100594533015201195650001701347655002901364710001701393856012601410999001701536ebr10146765CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||060411s2006    dcua    sb    001 0 eng    z  2006012394  aGBA6930252bnb7 z0135908092Uk  z0309101921 (hardback)  z0309659280 (pdfs)  z9780309101929  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)56048284414aQA269b.S574 2006eb04a519.32221 aSiegfried, Tom,d1950-12aA beautiful mathh[electronic resource] :bJohn Nash, game theory, and the modern quest for a code of nature /cTom Siegfried.  aWashington, D.C. :bJoseph Henry Press,cc2006.  aviii, 264 p. :bill.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 230-247) and index.0 aSmith'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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aGame theory. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10146765zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c88093d88093