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A beautiful mind : the life of mathematical genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash Cover Image Book

A beautiful mind : the life of mathematical genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash / Sylvia Nasar.

Life of mathematical genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash (portion title)
Biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., winner of the Nobel Prize in economics, 1994 (other title)
Beautiful mind : (other title)
Nasar, Sylvia. (Author).

Summary:

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.

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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Nash, John F., Jr., 1928-2015.
Genius and mental illness > Case studies.
Genius and mental illness > Case studies.
Genius > United States > Biography.
Mathematicians > Biography.
Mathematicians > United States > Biography.
Mental illness > United States > Biography.
Mentally ill > United States > Biography.
Nobel Prize winners > Biography.
Nobel Prize winners > United States > Economics > Game Theory > 1994.
Schizophrenia > Case studies.
Schizophrenia > United States > Biography.
Schizophrenics > United States > Biography.
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Case studies.

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