by Sylvia Nasar · Faber & Faber · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780571212927
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«A Beautiful Mind» is the biography of John Nash written by Sylvia Nasar, published by Faber & Faber in paperback (480 pages, in English).
Sylvia Nasar reconstructs the life of John Nash, from his years at Princeton and his contributions to game theory to the schizophrenia diagnosis that interrupted his career. The narrative continues with his later recovery and the recognition of his work with the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1994.
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; inspired the film of the same name directed by Ron Howard and starring Russell Crowe.
May appeal to readers of biographies of scientists, history of mathematics, and stories about mental health.
Sylvia Nasar is an American journalist. She is best known for her biographical book of John Forbes Nash Jr., A Beautiful Mind, for which she won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography. Nasar is Knight Professor Emerita at Columbia University's School of Journalism.
