A Beautiful Mind
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Genius, Madness, Reawakening
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Dr. Sylvia Nasar, the author of "A Beautiful Mind" tells the extraordinary story of mathematician John Nash a drama about the mystery of the human mind and shares some of her experiences in writing her prize-winning biography.
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Dr. Nash's story, February 17, 2006
Reviewer: girijad83
from India
In this amazing podcast, Dr. Sylvia Nasar is introduced at one of the applied mathematics curriculum in MIT.
Dr. Nasar has a doctorate in economics and became a journalist at the age of 35, working for Fortune amongst others. She had majored in literature earlier. She tells that she discovered the story of John Nash almost a decade ago and how his biography by her is a drama of the mystery of the human mind, a love story, and an exploration of the tenderness, joys, and fears of the human heart. She makes the conversation light by allowing the students to sit on the reserved seats. Nasar begins telling about how Dr. Nash invented a topological game which was later marketed as Hex by someone else, showing mathematically that the one who makes the first move always has a chance to win. She goes on to tell how in real life the outcome is not always determined by the one making the 1st move. She also tells how she literature has stories of meteoric rise and catastrophic falls, but never a story of a third act, another meteoric rise!
A must listen!
The narration and audio quality are excellent.
- Published:
2002
- LearnOutLoud.com Product ID:
A015472
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