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Autobiography of James A. Mirrlees Major contributor on economic theory of incentives, asymmetric information and foundations of mechanism design. Winner of the Nobel Prize in economics, 1996 (together with William Vickrey). http://nobelprize.org/economics/laureates/1996/mirrlees-autobio.html

Autobiography of John C.Harsanyi One of the founders of game theory and winner of the Nobel Prize in economics, 1994 (together with Nash and Selten) http://nobelprize.org/economics/laureates/1994/harsanyi-autobio.html

Autobiography of John F. Nash, Jr. One of the founders of game theory and winner of the Nobel Prize for economics, 1994 (together with Harsanyi and Selten) http://nobelprize.org/economics/laureates/1994/nash-autobio.html

Autobiography of Reinhard Selten One of the founders of game theory and experimental economics and winner of the Nobel Prize in economics 1994 (together with Nash and Harsanyi) http://nobelprize.org/economics/laureates/1994/selten-autobio.html

Biography of William S. Vickrey Founder of auction theory and winner of the Nobel Prize in economics, 1996 (together with James A. Mirrlees). http://nobelprize.org/economics/laureates/1996/vickrey-bio.html

Ernst Zermelo Biography (1871-1953). http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Zermelo.html

Oskar Morgenstern (1902 - 1976), co-founder of game theory, brief introduction to his life and work. http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/profiles/morgenst.htm

Register of Papers by Oskar Morgenstern Papers by one of the founders of game theory, registered at Duke University. http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/dynaweb/findaids/morgenst/

Robert J. Aumann Information about his life and influence on economic thought and game theory. http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/profiles/aumann.htm

Thomas Schelling Major works. http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/profiles/schelling.htm