Here's what's true in Ron Howard's movie A Beautiful Mind—or, at least, here's what corresponds to Sylvia Nasar's biography of the same name: The mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. attended graduate school at Princeton, where he was arrogant, childish, and brilliant. His doctoral thesis on the so-called "Nash equilibrium" revolutionized economics. Over time, he began to suffer delusions. He was hospitalized for paranoid schizophrenia, administered insulin shock therapy, and released. Afterward, Nash became a mysterious, ghostlike figure at Princeton. Eventually, through the support of his loving wife, his friends, and the force of his own will, he experienced a dramatic remission. In 1994, he won the Nobel Prize in economics, and to this day he keeps an office at Princeton.
NOW... His son Johnny has succomed to the same illness passed on to him by his father..
Incredible?? Unbelievable?? Well watch the video and listen to his story....
Posted By: Cynthia Merrill Artis
Friday, January 11th 2013 at 3:43PM
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