Von Neumann, Morgenstern, and the Creation of Game Theory: From Chess to Social Science, 1900-1960

(Part of the Historical Perspectives on Modern Economics Series)

by Robert Leonard

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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-si?cle Austro-Hungary. In the 1930s, on the cusp of anti-Semitism and political upheaval,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1107609267

ISBN13:9781107609266

Release Date:June 2012

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:422 Pages

Weight:1.40 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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