Book ID: CBB001022931

The World as a Mathematical Game: John von Neumann and Twentieth Century Science (2009)

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Israel, Giorgio (Author)


Birkhäuser


Publication Date: 2009
Physical Details: xii + 207 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Review Corry, Leo (2011) Review of "The World as a Mathematical Game: John von Neumann and Twentieth Century Science". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 186). unapi

Review Hashagen, Ulf (2013) Review of "The World as a Mathematical Game: John von Neumann and Twentieth Century Science". NTM: Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Technik und Medizin (pp. 323-331). unapi

Citation URI
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Authors & Contributors
Rédei, Miklós
Hargittai, István
Wu, Xiu-wen
Werndl, Charlotte
Wang, Qingjian
Von Neumann, John
Concepts
Mathematics
Biographies
Economics
Game theory
Psychology
Computer science
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, early
19th century
Places
United States
Scandinavia; Nordic countries
Hungary
Germany
Canada
Soviet Union
Institutions
Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.)
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