At the age of 21, a brilliant and highly eccentric graduate student made a major contribution to game theory: John Nash had discovered an influential theory of rational human behaviour. But ten years later, at the peak of a dazzling mathematical career and soon after his marriage to a physicist, Nash suffered a breakdown. Diagnosed a schizophrenic, he was beset by bizarre delusions, unable to work, and repeatedly incarcerated in mental hospitals. He spent most of the next three decades as a silent, ghost-like figure ...
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At the age of 21, a brilliant and highly eccentric graduate student made a major contribution to game theory: John Nash had discovered an influential theory of rational human behaviour. But ten years later, at the peak of a dazzling mathematical career and soon after his marriage to a physicist, Nash suffered a breakdown. Diagnosed a schizophrenic, he was beset by bizarre delusions, unable to work, and repeatedly incarcerated in mental hospitals. He spent most of the next three decades as a silent, ghost-like figure haunting the Princeton campus. Then, when he was 61 and all but forgotten, a dramatic remission of his illness and the Nobel Prize committee's decision to honour his achievements restored the world to him. His story is told in this book by an author who is intimately familiar with the academic world that Nash has occupied. She wrote it with the backing of Princeton and Nash's friends and colleagues.
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As New in As New dust jacket. 0571177948. Original orange cloth w/ gilt lettering to spine. With original colour printed dustjacket. With frontispiece and plates. 1st Edition. Slight shelfwear.; 15.5x23.5x4 cm; 459 pages.
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0571177948. Bio of math genius John Nash, vg in vg jacket, in mylar cover; upper right corner of boards are bumped with corresponding mild bump to pageblock and jacket else a tight square unmarked copy in unclipped dust jacket; first printing with complete number line; basis for the acclaimed Russell Crowe film of the same name.
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Like New. Size: 6x1x9; Easton Press; Norwalk, 2002. Full leather. Near Fine. Light shelf/handling wear, gilt is ok but light blemishes/spotting to fore page edge, binding is tight and clean. Ribbon marker, all page edges gilded, silk moire endpapers. We pack securely and ship daily w/delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.
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F- in F- jacket. F-/F-. 8vo. original brown boards gilt (a trifle rubbed, paperstock toning, else else clean & bright throughout) in dustwrapper priced £17.99 (a trifle rubbed & sunned); pp. 462 (last blank), with illustrations. A near fine copy.
