A Beautiful Mind (biography)

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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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A Beautiful Mind (2001 film) basedOn A Beautiful Mind (biography)
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Sylvia Nasar notableWork A Beautiful Mind (biography)
this entity surface form: A Beautiful Mind
Sylvia Nasar notableWork A Beautiful Mind (biography)
this entity surface form: A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash
Darin McNabb notableWork A Beautiful Mind (biography)
subject surface form: Sylvia Nasar
this entity surface form: A Beautiful Mind
Nasar notableWork A Beautiful Mind (biography)
subject surface form: Sylvia Nasar
this entity surface form: A Beautiful Mind
John Nash subjectOf A Beautiful Mind (biography)
John Nash subjectOf A Beautiful Mind (biography)
this entity surface form: A Beautiful Mind (film)