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'''John Forbes Nash, Jr.''' (born June 13, 1928), is an American mathematician and economist who works in [[game theory]], [[differential geometry]], and [[partial differential equations]], serving as a Senior Research Mathematician at [[Princeton University]]. He shared the 1994 [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences]] with game theorists [[Reinhard Selten]] and [[John Harsanyi]]. He is credited as being a key influence in the genesis of the economic ideas underlying neoliberalism and the globalisation of the financial aystem.
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Nash is also the subject of the Hollywood movie, ''[[A Beautiful Mind (film)|A Beautiful Mind]]'', which was nominated for eight Oscars (winning four), and was based on the biography of the same name about him, his mathematical genius and his struggle  with schizophrenia.<ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/oscar2002/2002-03-24-winners.htm List of Oscar Winners] [[USA Today]], accessdate=2008-08-30</ref>
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==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==
 
[[RAND Corporation]]
 
[[RAND Corporation]]
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==Resources==
 
==Resources==
Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Forbes_Nash John Forbes Nash]
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*Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Forbes_Nash John Forbes Nash]
Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trap_%28television_documentary_series%29 The Trap]
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*Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trap_%28television_documentary_series%29 The Trap]
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* "[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/nash/ A Brilliant Madness]" - a [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] ''American Experience'' documentary
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* [http://film.guardian.co.uk/Distribution/Redirect_Artifact/0,4678,0-667864,00.html John Nash speaks out] about alleged omissions in film - Guardian Unlimited
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* [http://www.stat.psu.edu/news/conferences/JohnNash/milnor.pdf John Nash and "A Beautiful Mind"] Written by [[John Milnor]] as a reaction to the book ''A Beautiful Mind''{{ndash}} not the movie{{ndash}} and mostly focusing on his mathematical achievements.
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* {{cite episode |transcripturl=http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi983.htm |series=The Engines of Our Ingenuity |serieslink=The Engines of Our Ingenuity |number=983 |title=John Forbes Nash, Jr. |credits=John H. Lienhard |network=NPR |station=KUHF-FM Houston |airdate=1994}}
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* [http://www.tcd.ie/Economics/news_intro.htm Department of Economics - News]
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* [http://www.newsfinder.org/site/more/john_f_nash/ John F. Nash presented in Freedom section]
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* [http://www.stat.psu.edu/news/conferences/JohnNash/flyer.pdf Penn State's The 2003-2004 John M. Chemerda Lectures in Science: Dr. John F. Nash, Jr.]
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* [http://arielrubinstein.tau.ac.il/nash-lecture/nash-lecture.html video: Ariel Rubinstein's Lecture: "John Nash, Beautiful Mind and Game Theory"]
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* [http://www.lindau-nobel.de/MediaContainer.AxCMS?type=lectures&ElementID=113 Lecture of John Forbes Nash at the Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau, Germany, 2005]
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* [http://www.slate.com/id/2063457/ Nash Equilibrium] 2002 article in Slate magazine by Robin Wright, speculating on links between Nash's theoretical work and his delusions
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*[http://www.edizioniets.com/Scheda.asp?N=978-884671888-4 Video, enclosed in a book, of the meeting with Ennio De Giorgi, Trento, Italy, 1996]
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==External links==
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* [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/1994/nash-autobio.html Autobiography] at the [[Nobel Prize]] website
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* [http://www.math.princeton.edu/jfnj/ Nash's home page at Princeton]
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* [http://ideas.repec.org/e/pna13.html IDEAS/RePEc]
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* [http://www.princeton.edu/mudd/news/faq/topics/nash.shtml Nash FAQ] from Princeton's Mudd Library, including a copy of [http://www.princeton.edu/mudd/news/faq/topics/Non-Cooperative_Games_Nash.pdf his dissertation] in [[Portable Document Format|PDF format]]
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* [http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/39/ Video of Dr. Sylvia Nasar narrating the story of John Nash at MIT ]
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* [http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2001/02/27/page3/ Beautiful mind, unconventional matter], a 2001 ''Daily Princetonian'' interview
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Latest revision as of 14:12, 24 October 2008

John Forbes Nash, Jr. (born June 13, 1928), is an American mathematician and economist who works in game theory, differential geometry, and partial differential equations, serving as a Senior Research Mathematician at Princeton University. He shared the 1994 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with game theorists Reinhard Selten and John Harsanyi. He is credited as being a key influence in the genesis of the economic ideas underlying neoliberalism and the globalisation of the financial aystem.

Nash is also the subject of the Hollywood movie, A Beautiful Mind, which was nominated for eight Oscars (winning four), and was based on the biography of the same name about him, his mathematical genius and his struggle with schizophrenia.[1]


Affiliations

RAND Corporation

Resources

External links

Notes

  1. List of Oscar Winners USA Today, accessdate=2008-08-30