Nasar, Sylvia.

A beautiful mind : the life of mathematical genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash / Life of mathematical genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash. Beautiful mind : a biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., winner of the Nobel Prize in economics, 1994. Biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., winner of the Nobel Prize in economics, 1994. Beautiful mind Sylvia Nasar. - New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2001, c1998. - 461 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

"A Touchstone book." Subtitle of 1998 edition: A biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., winner of the Nobel Prize in economics, 1994.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [437]-439) and index.

pt. 1. A beautiful mind -- pt. 2. Separate lives -- pt. 3. A slow fire burning -- pt. 4. The lost years -- pt. 5. The most worthy.

The true story of John Nash, the math genius who was a legend by age thirty when he slipped into madness; through the selflessness of a beautiful woman and the loyalty of the mathematics community he emerged after decades of ghostlike existence to win a Nobel Prize; now a major motion picture--Cover.

ISBN: 0743224574 (pbk.)

LCCN: 98002795

Subjects--Personal Names:
Nash, John F., 1928-

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Mathematicians--United States--Biography.
Mathematicians--Biography.
Nobel Prizes--Biography.
Mental illness--United States--Biography.
Mentally ill--United States--Biography.
Schizophrenia--United States--Biography.
Schizophrenics--United States--Biography.
Schizophrenia.
Genius and mental illness.
Genius--United States--Biography.