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PublisherSimon & Schuster

ISBN-100743224574

ISBN-139780743224574

eBay Product ID (ePID)1928661

Product Key Features

Book TitleBeautiful Mind

Number of Pages464 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2001

TopicGeneral, Science & Technology

IllustratorYes

GenreMathematics, Science, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorSylvia Nasar

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight16.9 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

TitleLeadingA

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal510.92

Edition DescriptionMovie Tie-In

Table Of ContentContentsProloguePart One: A Beautiful Mind1 Bluefield(1928-45)2 Carnegie Institute of Technology(June 1945-June 1948)3 The Center of the Universe(Princeton, Fall 1948)4 School of Genius(Princeton, Fall 1948)5 Genius(Princeton, 1948-49)6 Games(Princeton, Spring 1949.)7 John von Neumann(Princeton, 1948-49)8 The Theory of Games9 The Bargaining Problem(Princeton, Spring 1949)10 Nash's Rival Idea(Princeton, 1949-50)11 Lloyd(Princeton, 1950)12 The War of Wits(RAND, Summer 1950)13 Game Theory at RAND14 The Draft(Princeton, 195O-51)15 A Beautiful Theorem(Princeton, 1950-51)16 MIT17 Bad Boys18 Experiments(RAND, Summer 1952)19 Reds(Spring 1953)20 GeometryPart Two: Separate Lives21 Singularity22 A Special Friendship(Santa Monica, Summer 1952)23 Eleanor24 Jack25 The Arrest(RAND, Summer 1954)26 Alicia27 The Courtship28 Seattle(Summer 1956)29 Death and Marriage(1956-57)Part Three: A Slow Fire Burning30 Olden Lane and Washington Square(1956-57)31 The Bomb Factory32 Secrets(Summer 1958)33 Schemes(Fall 1958)34 The Emperor of Antarctica35 In the Eye of the Storm(Spring 1959)36 Day-Breaks in Bowditch Hall(McLean Hospital, April-May, 1959)37 Mad Hatter's Tea(May-June 1959)Part Four: The Lost Years38 Citoyen du Monde(Paris and Geneva, 1959-60)39 Absolute Zero(Princeton, 1960)40 Tower of Silence(Trenton State Hospital, 1961)41 An Interlude of Enforced Rationality(July 1961-April 1963)42 The "Blowing Up" Problem(Princeton and Carrier Clinic, 1963-65)43 Solitude(Boston, 1965-67)44 A Man All Alone in a Strange World(Roanoke, 1967-70)45 Phantom of Fine Hall(Princeton, 1970s)46 A Quiet Life(Princeton, 1970-90)Part Five: The Most Worthy47 Remission48 The Prize49 The Greatest Auction Ever(Washington, D.C., December 1994)50 Reawakening(Princeton, 1995-97)NotesSelect BibliographyAcknowledgmentsIndex

SynopsisIn a masterful blend of biography and science writing, Nasar traces John Forbes Nash, Jr.'s rise to the heights of intellectual achievement and his harrowing descent from eccentricity to insanity. Released as a major motion picture directed by Ron Howard and starring Russell Crowe and Ed Harris.