A Beautiful Mind：The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash

Howcouldyou，amathematician，believethatextraterrestrialsweresendingyoumessages?"thevisitorfromHarvardaskedtheWestVirginianwiththemovie-starlooksandOlympianmanner."BecausetheideasIhadaboutsupernaturalbeingscametomethesamewaymymathematicalideasdid，"cametheanswer."SoItookthemseriously."ThusbeginsthetruestoryofJohnNash，themathematicalgeniuswhowasalegendbyagethirtywhenheslippedintomadness，andwho--thankstotheselflessnessofabeautifulwomanandtheloyaltyofthemathematicscommunity--emergedafterdecadesofghostlikeexistencetowinaNobelPrizeandworldacclaim.Theinspirationforamajormotionpicture，SylviaNasar'saward-winningbiographyisadramaaboutthemysteryofthehumanmind，triumphoverincredibleadversity，andthehealingpoweroflove.，RelateshowmathematicalgeniusJohnForbesNash，Jr.，sufferedabreakdownatagethirty-oneandwasdiagnosedwithschizophrenia，butexperiencedaremissionofhisillnessthirtyyearslater.