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  • 1. Introduction–E. Roy Weintraub

    Part 1: Creating Game Theory

    2. The Early History of the Theory of Strategic Games from Waldegrave to Borel–Robert W. Dimand, Mary Ann Dimand

    3. Creating a Context for Game Theory–Robert J. Leonard

    4. New Insights into the Collaboration between John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern on the Theory of Games and Economic Behavior–Urs Rellstab

    5. Oskar Morgenstern’s Contribution to the Development of the Theory of Games–Andrew Schotter

    6. What Were von Nuemann and Morgenstern Trying to Accomplish?–Philip Mirowski

    Part 2: The Diffusion of Game-Theoretic Ideas

    7. Game Theory at Princeton, 1949-1955: A Personal Reminiscence–Martin Shubik

    8. Game Theory at the University of Michigan, 1948-1952–Howard Raiffa

    9. Mathematizing Social Science in the 1950s: The Early Development and Diffusion of Game Theory–Angela M. O’Rand

    Part 3: Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries

    10. The Entry of Game Theory into Political Science–William H. Riker

    11. Operations Research and Game Theory: Early Connections–Robin E. Rider

    12. Game Theory and Experimental Economics: Beginnings and Early Influences–Vernon L. Smith

    13. Index

    14. Contributors

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    During the 1940s "game theory' emerged from the fields of mathematics and economics to provide a revolutionary new method of analysis. Today game theory provides a language for discussing conflict and cooperation not only for economists, but also for business analysts, sociologists, war planners, international relations theorists, and evolutionary biologists. Toward a History of Game Theory offers the first history of the development, reception, and dissemination of this crucial theory.
    Drawing on interviews with original members of the game theory community and on the Morgenstern diaries, the first section of the book examines early work in game theory. It focuses on the groundbreaking role of the von Neumann-Morgenstern collaborative work, The Theory of Games and Economic Behavior (1944). The second section recounts the reception of this new theory, revealing just how game theory made its way into the literatures of the time and thus became known among relevant communities of scholars. The contributors explore how game theory became a wedge in opening up the social sciences to mathematical tools and use the personal recollections of scholars who taught at Michigan and Princeton in the late 1940s to show why the theory captivated those practitioners now considered to be "giants" in the field. The final section traces the flow of the ideas of game theory into political science, operations research, and experimental economics.

    Contributors. Mary Ann Dimand, Robert W. Dimand, Robert J. Leonard, Philip Mirowski, Angela M. O'Rand, Howard Raiffa, Urs Rellstab, Robin E. Rider, William H. Riker, Andrew Schotter, Martin Shubik, Vernon L. Smith

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