A Beautiful Mind: A Biography of John Nash, Jr., Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, 1994

Faber & Faber, London, 2001. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic. Notes, select bibliography, acknowledgements and index. Between pages 224 and 225 there are eight pages of black and white photography. Photographic paperback binding, showing a scene from the film of the same name, with white and dark pink coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Black and white coloured photograph of author to the lower left hand corner of the rear panel. This book is a biography of John Forbes Nash Jr., the brilliant mathematician who laid the foundations of game theory in 1949 at the age of 21. The author describes in some detail the complex theory that ultimately led to a Nobel Prize in economics in 1994. But more importantly she has written a touching account of a man caught between genius and madness. A little rubbing of the book edges and panels. Age toning of the text block edges and pages. First softcover edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 461, [3] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Mathematics. ISBN: 0571212921. ISBN/EAN: 9780571212927. Inventory No: 0288100. . 9780571212927