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A Beautiful Mind - The Life of Mathematical Genius and Novel Laureate John Nash (Paperback) Loot Price: R540
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A Beautiful Mind - The Life of Mathematical Genius and Novel Laureate John Nash (Paperback)

Sylvia Nasar

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"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.

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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
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LSN: 1-4516-2842-0
Barcode: 9781451628425

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