Book, Fights, Games, and Debates

Book, Fights, Games, and Debates

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This volume is by the Russian=born mathematical biologist Anatol Rapoport (1911-2007), who write it while teaching at the University of Michigan. According to the dust jacket, it is a study of "conflict as a mode of human behavior at all levels."
This copy of the book is from the personal library of William F. Eberth (1905-1976), who spent fifteen years of his career with the Atomic Energy Commission working in South Africa. A tag inside the front cover reads: vanguardbooksellers(pty)ltd (/) 25 Joubert Street JOHANNESBURG.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
Book
date made
1960
maker
Rapoport, Anatol
place made
United States: Michigan, Ann Arbor
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 3.8 cm x 16 cm x 23.3 cm; 1 1/2 in x 6 5/16 in x 9 3/16 in
ID Number
MA.319872.11
accession number
1975319872
catalog number
319872.11
Credit Line
Gift of W. F. Eberth
subject
Mathematics
Mathematical Recreations
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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