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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] | + | *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] | + | *Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trap_%28television_documentary_series%29 The Trap] |
| + | * "[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/nash/ A Brilliant Madness]" - a [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] ''American Experience'' documentary | ||
| + | * [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 | ||
| + | * [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. | ||
| + | * {{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}} | ||
| + | * [http://www.tcd.ie/Economics/news_intro.htm Department of Economics - News] | ||
| + | * [http://www.newsfinder.org/site/more/john_f_nash/ John F. Nash presented in Freedom section] | ||
| + | * [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.] | ||
| + | * [http://arielrubinstein.tau.ac.il/nash-lecture/nash-lecture.html video: Ariel Rubinstein's Lecture: "John Nash, Beautiful Mind and Game Theory"] | ||
| + | * [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] | ||
| + | * [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 | ||
| + | *[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] | ||
| + | ==External links== | ||
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| + | * [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/1994/nash-autobio.html Autobiography] at the [[Nobel Prize]] website | ||
| + | * [http://www.math.princeton.edu/jfnj/ Nash's home page at Princeton] | ||
| + | * [http://ideas.repec.org/e/pna13.html IDEAS/RePEc] | ||
| + | * [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]] | ||
| + | * [http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/39/ Video of Dr. Sylvia Nasar narrating the story of John Nash at MIT ] | ||
| + | * [http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2001/02/27/page3/ Beautiful mind, unconventional matter], a 2001 ''Daily Princetonian'' interview | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
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]
Contents
Affiliations
Resources
- Wikipedia John Forbes Nash
- Wikipedia The Trap
- "A Brilliant Madness" - a PBS American Experience documentary
- John Nash speaks out about alleged omissions in film - Guardian Unlimited
- John Nash and "A Beautiful Mind" Written by John Milnor as a reaction to the book A Beautiful MindTemplate:Ndash not the movieTemplate:Ndash and mostly focusing on his mathematical achievements.
- Template:Cite episode
- Department of Economics - News
- John F. Nash presented in Freedom section
- Penn State's The 2003-2004 John M. Chemerda Lectures in Science: Dr. John F. Nash, Jr.
- video: Ariel Rubinstein's Lecture: "John Nash, Beautiful Mind and Game Theory"
- Lecture of John Forbes Nash at the Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau, Germany, 2005
- Nash Equilibrium 2002 article in Slate magazine by Robin Wright, speculating on links between Nash's theoretical work and his delusions
- Video, enclosed in a book, of the meeting with Ennio De Giorgi, Trento, Italy, 1996
External links
- Autobiography at the Nobel Prize website
- Nash's home page at Princeton
- IDEAS/RePEc
- Nash FAQ from Princeton's Mudd Library, including a copy of his dissertation in PDF format
- Video of Dr. Sylvia Nasar narrating the story of John Nash at MIT
- Beautiful mind, unconventional matter, a 2001 Daily Princetonian interview
Notes
- ↑ List of Oscar Winners USA Today, accessdate=2008-08-30
