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Theory of Games & Economic Behavior: Sixtieth-Anniversary Edition
by John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern  Synopsis This is the classic work upon which modern-day game theory is based. What began more than sixty years ago as a modest proposal that a mathematician and an economist write a short paper together blossomed, in 1944, when Princeton University Press...
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Reality Rules Vol. 2 #2: Reality Rules, the Frontier
by John L Casti Publisher Comments Advance acclaim for Reality Rules... A first rate text, up-to-date and provocative, written by a master modeler, expositor and critic of the methodology of modeling. -- Philip J. Davis Coauthor, The Mathematical Experience Along with a fascinating...
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The Fourth Dimension: A Guided Tour of the Higher Universes
by Rudy Rucker Publisher Comments 'A detailed description of what the fourth dimension would be like.'...
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General System Theory ((Rev)68 Edition)
by Ludwig Von Bertalanffy Synopsis Von Bertalanffy's writings on general system theory, selected to show its evolution and to present its applications to problem solving....
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Mathematical Foundations of Information Theory
by A I Khinchin Publisher Comments Comprehensive, rigorous introduction to work of Shannon, McMillan, Feinstein and Khinchin. Translated by R. A. Silverman and M. D. Friedman....
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The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul: What Gnarly Computation Taught Me about Ultimate Reality, the Meaning of Life, and How to Be Happy
by Rudy Rucker Publisher Comments ?A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step,? goes the ancient saying. This concept is at the root of the computational worldview, which basically says that very complex systems (the world we live in) have their beginnings in simple mathematical...
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Competition: The Birth of a New Science
by James Case Publisher Comments The Mathematical Theory of Games Sheds Light On A Wide Range of Competitive Activities What do chess-playing computer programs, biological evolution, competitive sports, gambling, alternative voting systems, public auctions, corporate...
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Prisoner's Dilemma: John Von Neumann, Game Theory, and the Puzzle of the Bomb
by William Poundstone Synopsis John von Neumann invented the digital computer, played a key role in the development of the atom bomb, constructed a branch of mathematics known as game theory, and became a defender of a movement to bomb the Russians before they could bomb us. Now comes...
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Decoding the Universe: How the New Science of Information Is Explaining Everything in the Cosmos, from Our Brains to Black Holes
by Charles Seife 
Powells.com Staff Pick Though the idea of information theory as the foundation of all of science is not new, Seife presents his argument in a fresh, compelling way that's practicable to the lay reader. The material covered is certainly absorbing, but it's Seife's fluid and...
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How to Build a Mind: Toward Machines with Imagination (Maps of the Mind)
by Igor Aleksander Publisher Comments Igor Aleksander heads a major British team that has applied engineering principles to the understanding of the human brain and has built several pioneering machines, culminating in MAGNUS, which he calls a machine with imagination. When he asks it (in...
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Information Theory
by Robert B Ash Publisher Comments Excellent introduction treats 3 major areas: analysis of channel models and proof of coding theorems; study of specific coding systems; and study of statistical properties of information sources. Appendix summarizes Hilbert space background and results...
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Mind Tools the Five Levels of Mathematic
by Rudy Rucker Publisher Comments Now available in paperback, Mind Tools connects mathematics to the world around us. Reveals mathematics' great power as an alternative language for understanding things and explores such concepts as logic as a computing tool, digital versus analog...
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Computer & the Brain 2ND Edition
by John Von Neumann Synopsis This work represents the views of a mathematician on the analogies between computing machines and the living human brain....
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The Seven Unsolved Ciphers: Inside the Mysterious Codes That Have Confounded the World's Greatest Cryptographers
by Richard Belfield Publisher Comments From Ovaltine's secret decoder badges used during 1940s radio broadcasts to Dan Brown's cipher-solving hero in The Da Vinci Code, secret codes have forever excited the imagination of children and adults alike. Now, The Seven Unsolved Ciphers brings to...
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Information: The New Language of Science
by Hans Chr Von Baeyer Publisher Comments Information is poised to replace matter as the primary stuff of the universe, von Baeyer suggests; it will provide a new basic framework for describing and predicting reality in the twenty-first century. Despite its revolutionary premise, the book is...
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Nexus: Small Worlds and the Groundbreaking Science of Networks
by Mark Buchanan Synopsis As "Chaos" explained the science of disorder, "Nexus" reveals the new science of connection and the odd logic of six degrees of separation. 20 illustrations....
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Game Theory and Politics
by Steven J Brams Publisher Comments This illuminating and instructive survey demonstrates both the insights and the pitfalls that result from applying game theoretic models to the analysis of problems in political science. Using real-life examples, it shows how game theory can explain and...
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Infinity and the Mind: The Science and Philosophy of the Infinite (Princeton Science Library)
by Rudy Rucker Review It is difficult to find any aspect of infinity that is not explored in this compelling book. . . . This memorable book is one to be kept on an accessible shelf after reading it: it will not leave the reader unaffected....
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Decoding the Universe: How the New Science of Information Is Explaining Everything in the Cosmos, From our Brains to Black Holes
by Charles Seife Publisher Comments The author of Zero explains the scientific revolution that is transforming the way we understand our world Previously the domain of philosophers and linguists, information theory has now moved beyond the province of code breakers to become the crucial...
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Laws of the Game: How the Principles of Nature Govern Chance (Princeton Science Library)
by M Manfred Eigen Publisher Comments Using game theory and examples of actual games people play, Nobel laureate Manfred Eigen and Ruthild Winkler show how the elements of chance and rules underlie all that happens in the universe, from genetic behavior through economic growth to the...
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