The World the Game Theorists Made Game Theory and Cold War Culture

Drawing on a diverse collection of institutional archives, personal correspondence and papers, and interviews, the author shows how game theory offered social scientists, biologists, military strategists, and others a common, flexible language that could facilitate wide-ranging thought and debate on some of the most critical issues of the day.

Summary

Drawing on a diverse collection of institutional archives, personal correspondence and papers, and interviews, the author shows how game theory offered social scientists, biologists, military strategists, and others a common, flexible language that could facilitate wide-ranging thought and debate on some of the most critical issues of the day.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Erickson, Erickson Paul
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 20.11.2015
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)
• EAN: 9780226097176
• ISBN: 978-0-226-09717-6
• Pages: 384
• Dimensions (packing): 15.3 x 23 x 2.2 cm
• Subjects: Motivation, History, Society, Fairness, Capitalism, Political Science, Evolution, Economics, SCIENCE / History, Charity, John von Neumann, Social interaction, Psychology, MATHEMATICS / Game Theory, Nonfiction, Biology, Cold War, Trust, Reason, justice, History of Science, Markets, Information Processing, game theory, Programming, Altruism, Interdisciplinary, Decision Making, Philanthropy, Rationalism, individuals, Arms Race, Military strategy, Games and Economic Behavior, oscar morgenstern