A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
4 journalers for this copy...
Picked this up at the Book Thing. I've been wanting to read this for a while. I enjoyed the movie.
From the cover -
"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 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 the mystery of the human mind, triumph over incredible adversity, and the healing power of love.
From the cover -
"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 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 the mystery of the human mind, triumph over incredible adversity, and the healing power of love.
Sadly, MaryZee passed suddenly in September 2012. MaryZee's daughter is now ready to rehome her mom's books and I was willing to collect and redistribute them to keep her literary legacy alive.
Journal Entry 3 by 
6of8
at -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings, etc, Virginia USA on Saturday, June 16, 2018
6of8 at -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings, etc, Virginia USA on Saturday, June 16, 2018
Released 5 yrs ago (6/17/2018 UTC) at -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings, etc, Virginia USA
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This book is going to a local BookCrosser who is part of a science themed book box.
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Any future reader or recipient of this book is encouraged to leave a journal entry here on the BookCrossing site to let prior readers know the fate of the book. You can make an anonymous entry without joining the BookCrossing movement, but if you are interested in joining, it is a free and spam-free community where your contact information is not shared with others. Best of all, members receive private messages via e-mail from books like this one when those books are journaled, allowing for long-term relationships between books and readers.
May reserve for a Science Bookbox.
Journal Entry 5 by 
Spatial
at Science & Technology Bookbox, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Friday, June 21, 2019
Spatial at Science & Technology Bookbox, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Friday, June 21, 2019
Released 4 yrs ago (6/21/2019 UTC) at Science & Technology Bookbox, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
One of the starting books for the Science & Technology Bookbox!
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I'm claiming this from the Science and Technology bookbox, and am glad to have another of maryzee's books to pass along. I've seen the 2001 film, but hadn't read the book.
Later: The book covers the life and struggles of John Nash, along with his many contributions to several different fields, and includes a look at the social, academic, and political climate in which he did his work - and, eventually, struggled with his mental illness. The toll that took on his personal relationships was severe, but with treatment and with considerable support from his wife, he was able to resume his work and a well-earned happier stage in his life. (I was saddened at the news of the deaths of Nash and his wife in a car accident in 2015.)
[There's a TV Tropes page on the film.]
Later: The book covers the life and struggles of John Nash, along with his many contributions to several different fields, and includes a look at the social, academic, and political climate in which he did his work - and, eventually, struggled with his mental illness. The toll that took on his personal relationships was severe, but with treatment and with considerable support from his wife, he was able to resume his work and a well-earned happier stage in his life. (I was saddened at the news of the deaths of Nash and his wife in a car accident in 2015.)
[There's a TV Tropes page on the film.]
I plan to leave this book on a bench or window ledge at Monument Square this afternoon, while in the area for lunch at David's Restaurant; hope someone enjoys the book![See other recent releases in Maine here.]
*** Released for the 2019 Keep Them Moving release challenge. ***
*** Released for the 2019 Movie release challenge. ***
