A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash - Brossura

Nasar, Sylvia

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ISBN 10: 0743224574 ISBN 13: 9780743224574

Casa editrice: Simon & Schuster, 2001

Riassunto

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 and world acclaim. The inspiration for a major motion picture, Sylvia Nasar's award-winning biography is a drama about the mystery of the human mind, triumph over incredible adversity, and the healing power of love.

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L'autore:

A former economics correspondent for The New York Times, Sylvia Nasar is the Knight Professor of Journalism at Columbia University. She lives in Tarrytown, New York.

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Book by Nasar Sylvia

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Simon & Schuster
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0743224574
• ISBN 13: 9780743224574
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 461