:John Nash, game theory, and the modern quest for a code of nature
/ Tom Siegfried
Washington, D.C.
: Joseph Henry Press,
, c2006.
viii, 264 p. , ill. , 24 cm.
Electronic
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.