Von Neumann, Morgenstern, and the creation of game theory : (Record no. 20954)

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 20090348
ISBN
International Standard Book Number 9781107609266
ISBN
International Standard Book Number 1107609267
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
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MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL AUTHOR
Authors Leonard, Robert,
Dates 1962-
TITLE STATEMENT
Title Von Neumann, Morgenstern, and the creation of game theory :
Subtitle from chess to social science, 1900 - 1960 /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Robert Leonard.
PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication Cambridge :
Publisher Cambridge Univ. Press,
Date 2010.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent x, 390 p. :
Other Details ill. ;
Size 23 cm.
BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Note Bibliography: p. 347-379. - Includes index. - "First published 2010, ... first paperback edition 2012"--T.p. verso.
SUMMARY
Summary Drawing on a wealth of archival material, including personal correspondence and diaries, Robert Leonard tells the fascinating story of the creation of game theory by Hungarian Jewish mathematician John von Neumann and Austrian economist Oskar Morgenstern. Game theory first emerged amid discussions of the psychology and mathematics of chess in Germany and fin-de-siècle Austro-Hungary. In the 1930s, on the cusp of anti-Semitism and political upheaval, it was developed by von Neumann into an ambitious theory of social organization. It was shaped still further by its use in combat analysis in World War II and during the Cold War. Interweaving accounts of the period's economics, science, and mathematics, and drawing sensitively on the private lives of von Neumann and Morgenstern, Robert Leonard provides a detailed reconstruction of a complex historical drama.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Game theory -- History.
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
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Date last seen Full call number Barcode Cost, replacement price Price effective from Koha item type Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Withdrawn status Permanent location Current location Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition
26/01/2017 519.3 LE VO T0047825 34.19 26/01/2017 REGULAR   Dewey Decimal Classification       University of Wollongong in Dubai University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 08/05/2013 AMAUS