A Beautiful Mind (biography)

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biography book

A Beautiful Mind is a biographical book by Sylvia Nasar that chronicles the life, mathematical genius, and struggles with schizophrenia of Nobel Prize–winning economist John Nash.

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instanceOf biography ⓘ
book ⓘ
adaptationDirector Ron Howard ⓘ
adaptationLeadActor Russell Crowe ⓘ
adaptationReleaseYear 2001 ⓘ
adaptationType film ⓘ
author Sylvia Nasar ⓘ
awarded Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography ⓘ
National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (finalist) ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coversTopic Cold War academic environment ⓘ
Non-cooperative Games ⓘ
surface form: Nash equilibrium

history of game theory ⓘ
stigma of mental illness ⓘ
criticalReception widely acclaimed ⓘ
depictsInstitution Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
Princeton University ⓘ
deweyDecimalClassification 510/.92 B ⓘ
genre biography ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation A Beautiful Mind (2001 film) ⓘ
hasOCLCNumber 38218107 ⓘ
includedInList New York Times Notable Books ⓘ
ISBN 978-0-684-81906-8 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
libraryOfCongressClassification QA29.N25 N37 1998 ⓘ
mainSubject John Nash ⓘ
surface form: John Forbes Nash Jr.
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativeFocus life of John Forbes Nash Jr. ⓘ
mathematical achievements of John Nash ⓘ
struggle with mental illness ⓘ
pages ~460 ⓘ
placeOfPublication New York City ⓘ
publicationDate 1998 ⓘ
publisher Simon & Schuster ⓘ
setting United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

academic institutions ⓘ
subjectBirthPlace Bluefield, West Virginia, United States ⓘ
surface form: Bluefield, West Virginia
subjectField economics ⓘ
game theory ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
subjectMedicalCondition schizophrenia ⓘ
subjectNotableAward Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences ⓘ
subjectOccupation economist ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
subjectSpouse Alicia Nash ⓘ
targetAudience general readership ⓘ
timePeriodCovered 1928–1990s ⓘ

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