A beautiful mind : the life of mathematical genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash / Sylvia Nasar.
2001
QA29.N25 N37 2001 (Mapit)
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Title
A beautiful mind : the life of mathematical genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash / Sylvia Nasar.
Author
Nasar, Sylvia.
ISBN
9780743224574 (pbk.)
0743224574 (pbk.)
0743224574 (pbk.)
Publication Details
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2001.
Language
English
Description
461 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
QA29.N25 N37 2001
Dewey Decimal Classification
510/.92 B
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.
Note
Reprint. Previously published: A beautiful mind : a biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., winner of the Nobel Prize in economics, 1994. 1st Touchstone ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, 1999.
"A Touchstone book."
"A Touchstone book."
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
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.
pt. 2. Separate lives
pt. 3. A slow fire burning
pt. 4. The lost years
pt. 5. The most worthy.