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Authors: Sylvia Nasar

Tags: #Biography & Autobiography, #Mathematics, #Science, #Azizex666, #General

A Beautiful Mind (98 page)

Nash’s 1962 European trip and,
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in Nash’s class,
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Nash’s contemplation of marriage with,
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Nash’s courtship with,
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Nash’s divorce threat against,
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Nash’s Geneva stay and,
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on Nash’s remission,
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Nash’s Trenton State hospitalization and,
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Nash’s wedding to,
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at New Jersey Transit,
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at New Year’s party,
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1959–60 European stay of,
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at Nobel ceremonies,
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Nobel Prize and,
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and onset of Nash’s schizophrenia,
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potential reconciliation with,
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pregnancy of,
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renewal of marriage of,
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on return from Europe,
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sex discrimination suit filed by,
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son of,
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Nash, John Charles Martin

Virginia Nash introduced to,
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von Neumann prize and,
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wedding of,
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Nash, Jesse (uncle),
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Nash, John Charles Martin (son),
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Alicia Lopez-Harrison’s care of,
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birth of,
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Boston visited by,
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brought to Europe,
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computer seen as therapeutic for,
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custody of,
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fundamentalism of,
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John Stier’s first meeting with,
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math studies of,
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medication refused by,
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mental problems of,
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Nash’s relationship.with,
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,-383–85,
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Nash’s separations from,
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Nobel Prize and,
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at Trenton State Hospital,
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von Neumann prize and,
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Nash, John F., Jr.

alien races and,
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assessment of schizophrenia diagnosis for,
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assessment of work of,
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authority disdained by,
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autobiographical essay of,
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birth of,
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blackboard messages left by,
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bombmaking by,
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at Brandeis,
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at Carnegie Tech,
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at Carrier Clinic,
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chemistry studied bv.
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childhood of,
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citizenship renunciation attempted by,
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classes avoided by,
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computers admired by,
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computer work of,
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delusions of,
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diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia,
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dismissed from RAND,
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divorce considered by,
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draft avoided by,
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draft feared by,
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drug treatments of,
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earliest memories of,
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early education of,
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early mathematical talent of,
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East Germany stay of,
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engineering studied by,
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faculty position sought by,
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fellow students questioned by,
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French studies of,
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games invented by,
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generals passed by,
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Geneva stay of,
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graduate studies of,
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handedness of,
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hospitalization feared by,
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indecent exposure charge against,
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initial recovery of,
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insulin coma therapy of,
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intellectual independence sought by,
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as introverted child,
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investments of,
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job sought for,
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at McLean Hospital,
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marriage of,
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Nash, Alicia Larde

mathematics chosen by,
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1959–60 European stay of,
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1962 European trip of,
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1964 European trip of,
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1967 West Coast trip of,
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Nobel prize announced to,
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onset of schizophrenia in,
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passport destroyed or discarded by,
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physical description of,
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pranks played by,
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professorship gained by,
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psychotherapy of,
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Putnam award and,
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racial views of,
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reading avoided by,
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refugee status sought by,
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remission of,
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Roanoke years of,
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science experiments of,
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science fiction as interest of,
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security clearance of,
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Shapley’s friendship with,
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shock treatments and,
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single economics course of,
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sociability encouraged in,
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sons of,
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Nash, John Charles Martin;

Stier, John David

stock market as interest of,
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summer jobs of,
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teaching by,
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teasing of,
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thesis of,
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at Trenton State Hospital,
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vegetarianism of,
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violence of,
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von Neumann prize awarded to,
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whistling of,
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Nash, John F., Sr. (father),
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background and childhood of,
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death of,
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health problems of,
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Japanese invasion feared by,
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John Stier and,
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New York trip of,
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West Point suggested by,
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Nash, Margaret Virginia Martin (mother),
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Alicia Larde introduced to,
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Carrier commitment and,
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death of,
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John Nash, Sr.’s death and,
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John Stier and,
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Nash’s divorce and,
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Nash’s education fostered by,
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Nash’s investments for,
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Nash’s letters to,
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Nash’s McLean commitment and,
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Nash’s 1959–60 European stay and,
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Nash’s 1962 European trip and,
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Nash’s 1964 European trip and,
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Nash’s stay with,
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–30

Nash’s Trenton State hospitalization and,
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nervous breakdown of,
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New York trip of,
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and onset of Nash’s schizophrenia,
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