A Beautiful Mind
New York: Touchstone / Simon & Schuster, 2001. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Item #2291456
ISBN: 0743224574
Reprint. Inscribed and signed by author on title page ('For Kelley, warm best wishes, Sylvia Nasar, 2.26.02').
461, [1] pp. Inspiration for the film starring Russell Crowe , Ed Harris, and Jennifer Connelly. Includes black-and-white photographs. "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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