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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, mathematic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hilgers, Philipp von
Otros Autores: Benjamin, Ross (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2012.
Temas:
War games > History.
Games of strategy (Mathematics) > History.
Jeux de guerre > Histoire.
Jeux de stratégie (Mathématiques) > Histoire.
HISTORY > Military > Strategy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
Games of strategy (Mathematics)
War games
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Technology
SOCIAL SCIENCES/Media Studies
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Science
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The battle of numbers in the middle ages
  • Power games in the Baroque period
  • The state of the war game
  • Historiography in real time
  • Higher mathematics and Nomos of the Earth
  • From formula games to the universal machine.

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