Frank Ramsey : a sheer excess of powers
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Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
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Central - Adult Biography
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Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
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Book
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xxxvi, 500 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
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English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-483) and indexes.
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When he died in 1930 aged 26, Frank Ramsey had already invented one branch of mathematics and two branches of economics, laying the foundations for decision theory and game theory. Keynes deferred to him; he was the only philosopher whom Wittgenstein treated as an equal. Had he lived he might have been recognized as the most brilliant thinker of the century. This amiable shambling bear of a man was an ardent socialist, a believer in free love, and an intimate of the Bloomsbury set. For the first time Cheryl Misak tells the full story of his extraordinary life.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Misak, C. J. (2020). Frank Ramsey: a sheer excess of powers (First edition.). Oxford University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Misak, C. J. 2020. Frank Ramsey: A Sheer Excess of Powers. Oxford University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Misak, C. J. Frank Ramsey: A Sheer Excess of Powers Oxford University Press, 2020.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Misak, C. J. Frank Ramsey: A Sheer Excess of Powers First edition., Oxford University Press, 2020.

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