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A beautiful mind : the life of mathematical genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash
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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 ...
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.
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- Creator
- Sylvia Nasar
- Other Titles
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- Beautiful mind : a biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., winner of the Nobel Prize in economics, 1994
- Biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., winner of the Nobel Prize in economics, 1994
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2001
- ©1998
- Physical Details
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- 461 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780743224574, 0743224574
- OCLC
- ocm48549353
- "A Touchstone book."
- Subtitle of 1998 edition: A biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., winner of the Nobel Prize in economics, 1994.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [437]-439) and index.
- 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
Subjects
- Nash, John F., Jr., 1928-2015.
- Mathematicians -- United States -- Biography.
- Mathematicians -- Biography.
- Nobel Prize winners -- Biography.
- Mental illness -- United States -- Biography.
- Mentally ill -- United States -- Biography.
- Schizophrenia -- United States -- Biography.
- Schizophrenics -- United States -- Biography.
- Schizophrenia -- Case studies.
- Genius and mental illness -- Case studies.
- Genius -- United States -- Biography.