In this powerful and dramatic biography Sylvia Nasar vividly recreates the Life of a Mathematical Genius whose career was cut short by schizophrenia and who, after three decades of devastating mental illness, miraculously recovered and was honored with a Nobel Prize.
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.. "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. "Because the ideas I had about supernatural beings came to me the same way my Mathematical ideas did," came the answer. "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.
In this powerful and dramatic biography Sylvia Nasar vividly recreates the Life of a Mathematical Genius whose career was cut short by schizophrenia and who, after three decades of devastating mental illness, miraculously recovered and was honored with a Nobel Prize
