War Games
A History of War on Paper
$70.86
- Paperback
234 pages
- Release Date
16 March 2012
Summary
The convergence of military strategy and mathematics in war games, from medieval to modern times.For centuries, both mathematical and military thinkers have used game-like scenarios to test their visions of mastering a complex world through symbolic operations. By the end of World War I, mathematical and military discourse in Germany simultaneously discovered the game as a productive concept. Mathematics and military strategy converged in World War II when mathematicians designed fields of op…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262538329 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262538326 |
| Author: | Philipp von Hilgers, Ross Benjamin |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 234 |
| Release Date: | 16 March 2012 |
| Weight: | 666g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 16mm |
| Series: | The MIT Press |
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Philipp von Hilgers
Philipp von Hilgers, recently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of the History of Science at Harvard University, is Managing Director at Meetrics, a Berlin-based company for Web analytics and the measurement of online reading activities.
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