War Games : A History of War on Paper /

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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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Hilgers, Philipp von
Autres auteurs: Benjamin, Ross (Traducteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Alemán
Publié: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2012.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
War games.
Games of strategy (Mathematics)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
HISTORY > Military > Strategy.
Jeux de strategie (Mathematiques) > Histoire.
Jeux de guerre > Histoire.
Games of strategy (Mathematics) > History.
War games > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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