computational modeling of cognitive processes, 97–102

emotions and, 95, 96–97

fight or flight response, 94–95

genetics and, 102, 112, 122–123

Newtonian physics and, 12

prediction of human behavior, 111

and probability distributions, 141–142

relevance to social interactions, 96–97, 108, 142, 174–175

risk taking, 101–102

ultimatum game, 92, 103–106, 110

Behaviorists, 93–94

Bell, E. T., 197

Bell Labs, 204

Belushi, John, 144

Benatar, Pat, 221

Bentham, Jeremy, 30–31, 38, 237

Bernoulli, Daniel, 31, 40, 136, 237

Bernouilli, Jacob, 204

Bernoulli, Nicholas, 31

Berns, Gregory, 94–95, 100–101

Berra, Yogi, 176

Biology.

See also Evolutionary game theory

relevance of game theory, 75–77

Black, Ira, 122

Black, Karen, 155

Black holes, 8

The Blank Slate (Pinker), 112

Body Mass Index, 132

Boltzmann, Ludwig, 139, 142

Borel, Émile, 33

Borgs, Christian, 158, 159, 160

Bowles, Samuel, 3, 37, 59, 90, 91

Boyd, Robert, 90, 115, 118, 119

Brain

anterior cingulate cortex, 104

“cheating detection” module, 120–121

chemistry, 94–97, 100–101

computational modeling of cognitive processes, 97–102, 109

conflict monitoring region, 104

cooperation-related activity, 107

development, 6, 8

economics-related chemistry and processes, 94–95, 99–102, 105

imaging, 94, 98–99, 101, 105, 242

as impartial spectator, 23

insula, 103–104

lateral intraparietal cortex, 99

mirror neurons, 107

modularity in functions, 120–121

nucleus accumbens, 102

plasticity, 121–122

trust-related activity, 103–106

Bronowski, Jacob, 13–14

Brouwer, Luitzen, 58

Brush, Stephen, 136

Buccleuch, Duke of, 15

Buckle, Henry Thomas, 126, 137–138, 139

Buller, David, 120–121, 243

C

C. elegans, 153, 157, 245

Caltech, 11, 22, 117, 118

Cambridge University, 73, 77, 82

Camerer, Colin, 11–12, 22–23, 69, 92, 96–97, 104, 108, 117, 118, 119–120, 125, 141, 175

Cancer, 162

Capitalism, 17, 23

Card, Orson Scott, 217

Front Matter (R1-R8)

Introduction (1-10)

1 Smith’s Hand--Searching for the Code of Nature (11-26)

2 Von Neumann’s Games--Game theory’s origins (27-50)

3 Nash’s Equilibrium--Game theory’s foundation (51-72)

4 Smith’s Strategies--Evolution, altruism, and cooperation (73-92)

5 Freud’s Dream--Games and the brain (93-109)

6 Seldon’s Solution--Game theory, culture, and human nature (110-125)

7 Quetelet’s Statistics and Maxwell’s Molecules--Statistics and society, statistics and physics (126-143)

8 Bacon’s Links--Networks, society, and games (144-163)

9 Asimov’s Vision--Psychohistory, or sociophysics? (164-181)

10 Meyer’s Penny--Quantum fun and games (182-196)

11 Pascal’s Wager--Games, probability, information, and ignorance (197-216)

Epilogue (217-224)

Appendix--Calculating a Nash Equilibrium (225-229)

Further Reading (230-232)

Notes (233-248)

Index (249-264)