A Beautiful Mind - The Life of Mathematical Genius and Novel Laureate John Nash (Paperback)

"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.

General

Imprint:	Simon & Schuster
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2011
First published:	July 2011
Authors:	Sylvia Nasar
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	461
ISBN-13:	978-1-4516-2842-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Science, technology & engineering Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Abnormal psychology Books > Biography > Science, technology & engineering
LSN:	1-4516-2842-0
Barcode:	9781451628425

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