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A Beautiful Mind

By: Sylvia Nasar
Narrated by: Anna Fields
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This is the powerful, dramatic biography of math genius John Nash, who overcame serious mental illness and schizophrenia to win the Nobel Prize. This book is the inspiration for the Academy Award-winning film starring Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly and directed by Ron Howard.

“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 already 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 for triggering the game theory revolution.

The inspiration for an Academy Award–winning movie, Sylvia Nasar’s now-classic biography is a drama about the mystery of the human mind, triumph over adversity, and the healing power of love.

©1998 Sylvia Nasar (P)1999 Blackstone Audio, Inc. History History & Philosophy Mathematics Mental Health Professionals & Academics Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Schizophrenia & Psychotic Disorders Science Science & Technology Health
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Critic reviews

"A Beautiful Mind tells a moving story and offers a remarkable look into the arcane world of mathematics and the tragedy of madness." ( New York Times Book Review)
"Nasar tells a story of triumph, tragedy, and enduring love." ( Library Journal)
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Really great book, beautifully narrated but; be prepared for numerous paragraphs read out twice.

(It occasionally helped when it came to the maths?

great, but some editing issues.

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that was a very well written and read book. a very good insight into a genious with some terrible health issues. woukd highly recommend

very interesting and sad

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It really brought Nash’ loge story to “life” very detailed but a tad boring at times

Good book

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Loved the story of Nash and the reading. A very fair and balanced story of a troubled mind.

But, please, why do I have to put up with re-read sentences because the editing hasn't been done properly? How hard is it to sort?

Great, but please sort the editing

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This book about a totally fascinating person was well written and performed. Engaging in its narrative style, broad and balanced in its depiction of Nash, it paints a truly believable picture of a complete human being. The many aspects of the man (negative too)are what kept me hooked. Sadly the recording doesn’t seem to have been “proofed” and the beginnings of many passages are repeated. That is no reflection on the literature though, just the production.

Good book, but sound issues

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