12 Facts About Reinhard Selten

Reinhard Selten is well known for his work in bounded rationality and can be considered one of the founding fathers of experimental economics.

Reinhard Selten recalled later, he would occupy his "mind with problems of elementary geometry and algebra" while walking back and forth to school during that time.

Reinhard Selten studied mathematics at Goethe University Frankfurt and obtained his diploma in 1957.

Reinhard Selten then worked as scientific assistant to Heinz Sauermann until 1967.

Reinhard Selten was a visiting professor at Berkeley and taught from 1969 to 1972 at the Free University of Berlin and, from 1972 to 1984, at the University of Bielefeld.

Reinhard Selten then accepted a professorship at the University of Bonn.

Reinhard Selten had been an Esperantist since 1959 and met his wife through the Esperanto movement.

Reinhard Selten was a member and co-founder of the International Academy of Sciences San Marino.

Reinhard Selten was Germany's first and, at the time of his death, only Nobel winner for economics.

Reinhard Selten is well known for his work in bounded rationality, and can be considered one of the founding fathers of experimental economics.

Reinhard Selten developed an example of a game called Selten's Horse because of its extensive form representation.

Reinhard Selten was noted for his publishing in non-refereed journals to avoid being forced to make unwanted changes to his work.