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...there a mathematical structure behind parlor games like chess and poker? Von Neumann investigated and in the process invented game theory--a branch of mathematics that has brought new insights to fields as diverse as economics and evolutionary theory. The 1997 Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to game theorists, the seventh Nobel Prize that grew out of Von Neumann's ideas...
...Nobel Prize--and not for lack of effort on his part. He tried everything. In the late 1940s he even hired a publicity agent to promote his cause. Alas, there was no prize for astronomy, and by the time the Nobel committee decided astronomy could be viewed as a branch of physics, it was too late. Insiders say Hubble was on the verge of winning when he died...
...formal operational), the better part of Piaget's work is less well known, perhaps because schools of education regard it as "too deep" for teachers. Piaget never thought of himself as a child psychologist. His real interest was epistemology--the theory of knowledge--which, like physics, was considered a branch of philosophy until Piaget came along and made it a science...
...WCRP is a UN organization with chapters around the world. According to Reza Aslan, president of the Harvard branch, Harvard's is the only student-organized chapter in existence...
SHOPPING: Upmarket Men's tailors line Savile Row; the most fashionable stores have a branch on nearby Bond Street. More reasonably priced, countryside togs can be found at Hardy Brothers on Pall Mall...