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Book Review of A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash

A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash
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"..... 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 ghost like 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 th mystery of the human mind, triumph ovr incredible adversity, and the healing power of love"