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Nasar, Sylvia.

A beautiful mind : the life of mathematical genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash / 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 Biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., winner of the Nobel Prize in economics, 1994 - New York : Simon & Schuster, 2001, c1998. - 461 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

"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.

ISBN: 0743224574 (pbk.)

LCCN: 98002795

Subjects--Personal Names:
Nash, John F., 1928-

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Mathematicians--United States--Biography.
Mathematicians--Biography.
Nobel prizes--Biography.
Mental illness--United States--Biography.
Mentally ill--United States--Biography.
Schizophrenia--United States--Biography.
Schizophrenics--United States--Biography.
Schizophrenia--Case studies.
Genius and mental illness--Case studies.
Genius--United States--Biography.