Dr Strangelove's Game: A Brief History of Economic Genius

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Hamish Hamilton, 2001 - Biography & Autobiography - 341 pages
"Paul Strathern uncovers the lives and ideas of the great philosophers of money against the backdrop of some of history's most turbulent events: the South Sea Bubble, the French and Russian Revolutions and the Crash of 1929. On the way he provides an enriching and entertaining account of the great, the good and the downright bad in economic theories - from double-entry book-keeping to game theory."--BOOK JACKET.

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Prologue
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Something Out Of Nothing Comes II
11
The Richest Man in the World
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Paul Strathern has a Ph.D. in Mathematics and Philosophy and lectures at Kingston University. Strathern is the author of several novels, including A Season in Abyssinia, which won a Somerset Maugham prize, and Mendeleyev's Dream: The Quest for the Elements. He has also published two series of books, one on philosophy: Philosophers in 90 Minutes, and another on science, but is best known for his 39 short biographies of philosophers and scientists

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