A Beautiful Mind

Discover the fascinating life of John Nash, a brilliant mathematician who spiraled into schizophrenia in the 1950s. His work in game theory was underpinning a large part of economics by the 1980s, but his name was dismissed for a Nobel Prize due to his mental illness. In this biography, economist and journalist Sylvia Nasar gives an intelligent exposition of his ideas, a picture of schizophrenia that is evocative but unromantic, and a glimpse behind the machinations of the Nobel committees.