**Also an Academy Award–winning film starring Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly—directed by Ron Howard** The powerful, dramatic biography of math genius John Nash, who overcame serious mental illness and schizophrenia to win the Nobel Prize. “How could you, a mathematician, believe that extraterrestrials were sending you messages?” the visitor from Harvard asked the West Virginian with the movie-star looks and Olympian manner. “Because the ideas I had about supernatural beings came to me the same way my mathematical ideas did,” came the answer. “So I took them seriously.” Thus begins the true story of John Nash, the mathematical genius who was a legend by age thirty when he slipped into madness, and who—thanks to the selflessness of a beautiful woman and the loyalty of the mathematics community—emerged after decades of ghostlike existence to win a Nobel Prize for triggering the game theory revolution. The inspiration for an Academy Award–winning movie, Sylvia Nasar’s now-classic biography is a drama about the mystery of the human mind, triumph over adversity, and the healing power of love.
A Beautiful Mind
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Author: Nasar, Sylvia
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9781451628425
Details:
Author: Nasar, Sylvia
Brand: Simon & Schuster
Edition: Reprint
Features:
- Used Book in Good Condition
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 472
Release Date: 12-07-2011
Part Number: Illustrated
Package Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.3 inches Languages: English
EAN: 9781451628425
