Game changers : stories of the revolutionary minds behind game theory /: stories of the revolutionary minds behind game theory. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• 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.