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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2001, c1998.Description: 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, 1994
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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.
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.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Copy number Status Barcode
BIOG BIOG Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction B NAS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 34517000332265

"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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