Hilgers, Philipp von.

War Games : A History of War on Paper. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (235 pages) - The MIT Press Series . - The MIT Press Series .

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Battle of Numbers in the Middle Ages -- 2 Power Games in the Baroque Period -- 3 The State of the War Game -- 4 Historiography in Real Time -- 5 Higher Mathematics and Nomos of the Earth -- 6 From Formula Games to the Universal Machine -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

The convergence of military strategy and mathematics in war games, from medieval to modern times.

9780262301169


War games--History.
Games of strategy (Mathematics)--History.


Electronic books.

U310 .H53 2012

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