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Nobel Laureate John Harsanyi : oral history transcript : from Budapest to Berkeley, 1920-2000 / 2000.
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Title:

Nobel Laureate John Harsanyi : oral history transcript: from Budapest to Berkeley, 1920-2000 / 2000
University of California history series

Creator/Contributor:

Harsanyi, John C., creator, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Harsanyi, Anne Klauber, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Ross, Marion, interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.

Abstract:

Childhood in pre-WWII Budapest; studies in leather chemistry, pharmacy, sociology; German invasion, 1944, escape from Communist Hungary to Austria; Australia, 1950-1961: studies in economics, teaching at U. of Queensland, Wayne State University, Yale; Institute of Behavioral Science, Stanford, 1965-1966; professor at UC Berkeley, 1964-1990; reflections on arms control theory, game theory, utilitarian theory; work with Karl Popper, Reinhard Selten, John Nash, and other economists; Nobel Prize award and ceremony, 1994.

Date:

2000 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Economists -- California -- Interviews
Game theory -- Economic aspects
Économistes -- Californie -- Entretiens
Théorie des jeux -- Aspect économique
Economists
Game theory -- Economic aspects
Universities and colleges -- Faculty
California
Walter A. Haas School of Business (University of California, Berkeley) -- Faculty
University of California, Berkeley. -- Department of Economics -- Faculty
University of California, Berkeley. -- Department of Economics.
Walter A. Haas School of Business (University of California, Berkeley)
Popper, Karl R. (Karl Raimund) -- 1902-1994
Selten, Reinhard
Jr -- Nash, John F -- 1928-2015
Jr -- Nash, John F -- 1928-2015
Popper, Karl R. (Karl Raimund) -- 1902-1994
Selten, Reinhard

Note:

John C. Harsanyi, Anne Klauber Harsanyi. Interviews conducted by Marion Ross in 1999. Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Forms part of the University history series.
Audio tape recording of the interviews also available. Shelved as Phonotape 3186 C:1-3.
Also available online.
Volume includes index.
Duplicate transcript: Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library.
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

biography
Interviews.
Oral histories.

Physical Description:

print
1 volumes (vii, 151 pages) : portrait ; 29 cm
3 audiocassettes

Language:

English

Identifier:

http://nma.berkeley.edu/ark:/28722/bk0005z0x82

Origin:

California

Classification:

HB119.H37 A3 2000

Copyright Note:

This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Related Item:

Nobel Laureate John Harsanyi : oral history transcript 2000 : Harsanyi, John C. : (OCoLC)1085994801
http://nma.berkeley.edu/ark:/28722/bk0005z0x82