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'''Scott Archer Boorman''' (born ]) is a ] at ]. He is interested in developing new mathematical phenomenology for complex social structures and processes.
'''Scott Archer Boorman''' (born February 1, 1949) is a ] at ].


==Life==
⚫ He earned his B.A in Applied Mathematics from ]. He then received his Ph.D. in Sociology from Harvard University. He is also a graduate of ]
His father, ], was a Foreign Service Officer in ], China, and he was born there as Chinese Communists troops entered the city. He received no formal education before enrolling at ], and had largely completed work on his book, ''The Protracted Game'', which was published in 1971.{{sfnb|Reinhold|1971}}


⚫ He earned his B.A. in Applied Mathematics, and was a ]. He received his Ph.D. in ] from Harvard University and was appointed to a full professorship at Penn before moving to Yale. He is also a graduate of ].
In recent years, he has been doing research on models for evolutionary biosociology, blockmodel algorithms for the empirical description of social networks, the theory of complex statutory evolution, and non-rational-choice mathematical models to analyze social processes.


==Works==
While still a teenager, Boorman wrote ''The Protracted Game : A Wei-Ch'i Interpretation of Maoist Revolutionary Strategy'' (1969), an analysis of the U.S. involvement in Vietnam. He shows that the U.S. thought it was playing ], while in fact the game was Wei-Ch'i (also known as ]).


He systematically explores the similarity between the military strategies of Chinese Communist insurgency and the Chinese board game wei-ch’i, in contrast to parallel U.S. analyses of the same events. Boorman also argues that wei-chi's analysis of a strategic system presents a more sophisticated and flexible form of ] than the traditional western models of strategic choice.<ref>{{citation|first=Robert|last=Reinhold|journal= New York Times|title= Maoist Strategy Likened to Complex Game of Go|date= 6 March 1971|page= 11|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1971/03/06/81876666.html?pageNumber=11 }}</ref>
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His book, ''Genetics of Altruism'' (1980) uses mathematical population genetics to analyze the development of sociality and altruism through three modes of selection: group, kin and reciprocity.

== Notes ==
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Scott Archer Boorman (born February 1, 1949) is a mathematical sociologist at Yale University.

Life

His father, Howard L. Boorman, was a Foreign Service Officer in Beijing, China, and he was born there as Chinese Communists troops entered the city. He received no formal education before enrolling at Harvard College, and had largely completed work on his book, The Protracted Game, which was published in 1971.

He earned his B.A. in Applied Mathematics, and was a Harvard Junior Fellow. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from Harvard University and was appointed to a full professorship at Penn before moving to Yale. He is also a graduate of Yale Law School.

Works

While still a teenager, Boorman wrote The Protracted Game : A Wei-Ch'i Interpretation of Maoist Revolutionary Strategy (1969), an analysis of the U.S. involvement in Vietnam. He shows that the U.S. thought it was playing Chess, while in fact the game was Wei-Ch'i (also known as Go).

He systematically explores the similarity between the military strategies of Chinese Communist insurgency and the Chinese board game wei-ch’i, in contrast to parallel U.S. analyses of the same events. Boorman also argues that wei-chi's analysis of a strategic system presents a more sophisticated and flexible form of game theory than the traditional western models of strategic choice.

His book, Genetics of Altruism (1980) uses mathematical population genetics to analyze the development of sociality and altruism through three modes of selection: group, kin and reciprocity.

Notes

  1. Reinhold (1971).
  2. Reinhold, Robert (6 March 1971), "Maoist Strategy Likened to Complex Game of Go", New York Times: 11

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