An edition of A Beautiful Math: John Nash, Game Theory, and the Modern Quest for a Code of Nature (2006)

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John Nash, Game Theory, And the Modern Quest for a Code of Nature

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An edition of A Beautiful Math: John Nash, Game Theory, and the Modern Quest for a Code of Nature (2006)

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John Nash, Game Theory, And the Modern Quest for a Code of Nature

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Joseph Henry Press
Language
English
Pages
264

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Game theory
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A Beautiful Math: John Nash, Game Theory, And the Modern Quest for a Code of Nature
October 20, 2006, Joseph Henry Press
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A Beautiful Math: John Nash, Game Theory, and the Modern Quest for a Code of Nature
January 2006, Joseph Henry Press
Hardcover in English
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Beautiful Math: John Nash, Game Theory, and the Modern Quest for a Code of Nature
2006, National Academies Press
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Beautiful Math: John Nash, Game Theory, and the Modern Quest for a Code of Nature
2006, National Academies Press
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First Sentence

"Shortly after 9/11, a Russian scientist named Dmitri Gusev proposed an explanation for the origin of the name Al Qaeda."

Table of Contents

Introduction
Page 1
1. Smith's Hand - Searching for the Code of Nature
Page 11
2. Von Meumann's Games - Game theory's origins
Page 27
3. Nash's Equilibrium - Game theory's foundation
Page 51
4. Smith's Strategies - Evolution, altruism, and cooperation
Page 73
5. Freud's Dream - Games and the brain
Page 93
6. Seldon's Solution - Game theory, culture, and human nature
Page 110
7. Quetelet's Statistics and Maxwell's Molecules - Statistics and society, statistics and physics
Page 126
8. Bacon's Links - Networks, society, and games
Page 144
9. Asimov's Vision - Psychohistory, or sociophysics?
Page 164
10. Meyer's Penny - Quantum fun and games
Page 182
11. Pascal's Wager - Games, probability, information, and ignorance
Page 197
Epilogue
Page 217
Appendix: Calculating a Nash Equilibrium
Page 225
Notes
Page 233
Index
Page 249

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Washington, D.C., USA

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Library of Congress
QA269 .S574 2006, QA269.S574 2006

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Hardcover
Pagination
vi, 264 p.
Number of pages
264
Dimensions
9.1 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches
Weight
1.2 pounds

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OL9353998M
Internet Archive
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0309101921
ISBN 13
9780309101929
LCCN
2006012394
OCLC/WorldCat
66527233
Library Thing
1968997
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1604/9780309101929
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64195

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