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The Resource A beautiful mind, Sylvia Nasar, (electronic resource)

A beautiful mind, Sylvia Nasar, (electronic resource)

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In this powerful and dramatic biography, Sylvia Nasar vividly re-creates the life of a mathematical genius whose career was cut short by schizophrenia and who, after three decades of devastating mental illness, miraculously recovered and was honored with a Nobel Prize. "A beautiful mind" traces the meteoric rise of John Forbes Nash, Jr., a prodigy and legend by the age of thirty, who dazzled the mathematical world by solving a series of deep problems deemed "impossible" by other mathematicians. But at the height of his fame, Nash suffered a catastrophic mental breakdown and began a harrowing descent into insanity, resigning his post at MIT, slipping into a series of bizarre delusions, and eventually becoming a dreamy, ghostlike figure at Princeton, scrawling numerological messages on blackboards. He was all but forgotten by the outside world-until, remarkably, he emerged from his madness to win world acclaim
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eng
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  • Downloadable audio file
  • Title from: Title details screen
  • Unabridged
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A beautiful mind
Title
A beautiful mind
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Sylvia Nasar
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Language
eng
Summary
In this powerful and dramatic biography, Sylvia Nasar vividly re-creates the life of a mathematical genius whose career was cut short by schizophrenia and who, after three decades of devastating mental illness, miraculously recovered and was honored with a Nobel Prize. "A beautiful mind" traces the meteoric rise of John Forbes Nash, Jr., a prodigy and legend by the age of thirty, who dazzled the mathematical world by solving a series of deep problems deemed "impossible" by other mathematicians. But at the height of his fame, Nash suffered a catastrophic mental breakdown and began a harrowing descent into insanity, resigning his post at MIT, slipping into a series of bizarre delusions, and eventually becoming a dreamy, ghostlike figure at Princeton, scrawling numerological messages on blackboards. He was all but forgotten by the outside world-until, remarkably, he emerged from his madness to win world acclaim
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Nasar, Sylvia
Dewey number
  • 510/.92
  • B
LC call number
QA29.N25
LC item number
N37 1999ab
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Read by Anna Fields
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1965-2006
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  • Fields, Anna
  • OverDrive, Inc
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  • Nash, John F
  • Mathematicians
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A beautiful mind, Sylvia Nasar, (electronic resource)
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  • Downloadable audio file
  • Title from: Title details screen
  • Unabridged
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digital storage
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stereophonic
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unknown
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electronic
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sound
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digital recording
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  • other
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  • ocm64394603
  • (OCoLC)491510
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  • Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 259927 KB)
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Label
A beautiful mind, Sylvia Nasar, (electronic resource)
Link
Publication
Note
  • Downloadable audio file
  • Title from: Title details screen
  • Unabridged
Antecedent source
unknown
Capture and storage technique
digital storage
Color
not applicable
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Dimensions
  • not applicable
  • unknown
File format
unknown
Form of item
electronic
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Level of compression
unknown
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f5816d9d-4efb-4493-88b3-deddc7b706dc
Quality assurance targets
unknown
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
sound
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
  • other
  • remote
Speed
unknown
System control number
  • ocm64394603
  • (OCoLC)491510
System details
  • Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 259927 KB)
  • Mode of access: World Wide Web
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable

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