A beautiful mind : the life of mathematical genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash / Sylvia Nasar.
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TextPublication details: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2001, c1998Description: 461 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0743224574 (pbk.)Other title: Life of mathematical genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash | Beautiful mind : a biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., winner of the Nobel Prize in economics, 1994 [Other title] | Biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., winner of the Nobel Prize in economics, 1994Subject(s): Nash, John F., Jr., 1928-2015 | Mathematicians -- United States -- Biography | Mathematicians -- Biography | Nobel Prizes -- 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| Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Martha's Vineyard High School Library | 921/NASH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844400031635 |
"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 (p. [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.
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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