A beautiful mind : the life of mathematical genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash / Sylvia Nasar.
The true story of John Nash, the math genius who was a legend by age thirty when he slipped into madness; through the selflessness of a beautiful woman and the loyalty of the mathematics community he emerged after decades of ghostlike existence to win a Nobel Prize; now a major motion picture--Cover.
Record details
- ISBN: 0743224574
- ISBN: 9780743224574
- Physical Description: 461 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: Touchstone edition.
- Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Simon & Schuster, 2001.
- Copyright: ©1998
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- "A Touchstone book."Subtitle of 1998 edition: A biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., winner of the Nobel Prize in economics, 1994.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-439) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- pt. 1. A beautiful mind -- pt. 2. Separate lives -- pt. 3. A slow fire burning -- pt. 4. The lost years -- pt. 5. The most worthy.
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Available copies
- 31 of 31 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)
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- 0 current holds with 31 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Old Fort Branch Library | 510.92 NASA (Text) | 37810434290770 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| BHM Headquarters Library | B Nash J (Text) | 38344100975703 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Barco Library | B NASH (Text) | 39488200847640 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Bath Community Library | B/Nash/J (Text) | 38344101497194 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Belhaven Public Library | B Nash J (Text) | 38344100989316 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Bladen Main Branch | B NASH (Text) | 30441100405737 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Boonville Community Public Library | B NASH (Text) | 30005100080848 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | B NASH (Text) | 22281500055411 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Dobson Community Library | B NASH (Text) | 30666100097452 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Elkin Public Library | B NASH (Text) | 40599000488968 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
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