Game changers : stories of the revolutionary minds behind game theory /: stories of the revolutionary minds behind game theory. (2017)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Game changers : stories of the revolutionary minds behind game theory /: stories of the revolutionary minds behind game theory. (2017)
- Main Title:
- Game changers : stories of the revolutionary minds behind game theory
- Uniform Title:
- Mathematik des Daseins.
- Further Information:
- Note: By Rudolf Taschner.
- Authors:
- Taschner, Rudolf J (Rudolf Josef)
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; The Players; Acknowledgment; Vienna, 2017; 1: Playing with Water and Diamonds; Vienna, between 1870 and 1928; 2: Playing with Chalk; Vienna, 1921; 3: Playing with Numbers; Lyon, 1612; 4: Playing with Chance; Port Royal des Champs, near Paris, 1655; 5: Playing with Time; Philadelphia, 1746; Amsterdam, 1636-1637; 6: Playing with a System; Paris and Port Royal des Champs, 1659; St. Petersburg, 1738; 7: Playing with Scholars; Vienna, between 1921 and 1934; 8: Playing with Two Cards; Princeton, New Jersey, 1938; 9: Playing with Life and Death Budapest, 1908Princeton, New Jersey, between 1929 and 1957; 10: Playing with Chickens and Lions; Princeton, New Jersey 1949; 11: Playing with Prisoners; Stanford, near Palo Alto, California, 1949; 12: Playing with Profit; Berkeley, near San Francisco, California, 1980; 13: Playing with the Police; Vienna, 2002; 14: Playing with Information; New York City, 1990; 15: Playing with Language; Cambridge, between 1928 and 1946; 16: Playing with Emotions; Ios, around 850 BCE; Barcelona, 2014; Rome, 1900; Vienna, 1786; 17: Playing with Existence; Paris, 1662; Number Games; Exercises; Answers; Glossary
- Publisher Details:
- Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Extent:
- 1 online resource, illustrations
- Subjects:
- 519.3
Game theory
Mathematics -- History
Economics, Mathematical
Game theory -- History
Existence theorems
MATHEMATICS / Game Theory
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Insurance / Risk Assessment & Management
PHILOSOPHY / Logic
MATHEMATICS / Applied
MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General
Economics, Mathematical
Existence theorems
Game theory
Mathematics
Electronic book
Electronic books
History - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781633883741
1633883744 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781633883734
- Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed March 28, 2018). - Access Rights:
- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
- Access Usage:
- Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.
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- Available online (eLD content is only available in our Reading Rooms) ↗
- Physical Locations:
- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.456669
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- 02_594.xml