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The Best Books on: The History of Game Theory
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The Best Books on: The History of Game Theory

Jørgen Veisdal
Mar 11
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Hi there

As some of you may have gathered, I’m fascinated with the history of game theory, especially what occurred in Vienna in the 1930s and Princeton from 1940-60. It is a topic that includes everything I love: mathematics, equilibrium theory, Princeton University, the lives of John von Neumann, John F. Nash Jr. and so on.

Per today, Privatdozent essays on the history of game theory include:

  • The Legend of Abraham Wald, February 12th 2021

  • David Hilbert’s Influence on Economics, November 26th 2021

  • Karl Menger’s Vienna Colloquium (1928-36), October 22nd 2021

  • Oskar Morgenstern’s Transformation (1925-38), August 27th 2021

  • Nash’s Bargaining Problem (1950), December 3rd 2021

  • John von Neumann’s Minimax Theorem (1928), March 26th 2021

See below my favorite books on the topic.

1. Towards a History of Game Theory (1995)

by E. Roy Weintraub

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