Philosophy
The Earl of Huntington [Robin Hood (Russell Crowe)] will be an adventure yarn hitting the theaters soon. And that reminded me of an earlier film by Ron Howard featuring Russell Crowe as the famous mathematician on economics John Nash in A Beautiful Mind exploring the complex psychological features of paranoid schizophrenia. What does his illness have to do with the prestigious Nobel Prize? It was little known fact that the Swedish board for the Nobel Prize was somewhat hesitant to have a recipient be mentally challenged. Nevertheless, the award was given. Now, about eight years ago Sylvia Nassar wrote a biography on John Nash, A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash , that became the basis for the film.
On January 5th, 2002, Sylvia Nassar was a guest of Charles Lee and Frank Ling on the Berkeley Groks radio program where she discusses her book and Nash's mental issues and the Nobel Prize.
Interview
[The interview begins at about 8:24 if you wish to skip the miscellaneous material.]
A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash
by
Sylvia Nassar
ISBN-10: 0743224574
ISBN-13: 978-0743224574
John Forbes Nash, Jr. [Wikipedia]
Berkeley Groks
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Philosophy
J. Nash, S. Nassar...mental illness and the Nobel Prize
The Earl of Huntington [Robin Hood (Russell Crowe)] will be an adventure yarn hitting the theaters soon. And that reminded me of an earlier film by Ron Howard featuring Russell Crowe as the famous mathematician on economics John Nash in A Beautiful Mind exploring the complex psychological features of paranoid schizophrenia. What does his illness have to do with the prestigious Nobel Prize? It was little known fact that the Swedish board for the Nobel Prize was somewhat hesitant to have a recipient be mentally challenged. Nevertheless, the award was given. Now, about eight years ago Sylvia Nassar wrote a biography on John Nash, A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash , that became the basis for the film.
On January 5th, 2002, Sylvia Nassar was a guest of Charles Lee and Frank Ling on the Berkeley Groks radio program where she discusses her book and Nash's mental issues and the Nobel Prize.
Interview
[The interview begins at about 8:24 if you wish to skip the miscellaneous material.]
A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash by
Sylvia Nassar
ISBN-10: 0743224574
ISBN-13: 978-0743224574
John Forbes Nash, Jr. [Wikipedia]
Berkeley Groks
- Obama's Nobel Peace Prize: For What?
President Obama today was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." Extraordinary efforts? He hasn't actually done anything yet...other than not be George...
- 50 Renowned Academics On God
The title kind of says it all. The following video shows excerpts from presentations, lectures, interviews and debates in which world-leading intellectuals (scientists and philosophers mainly, including various Nobel Laureates) speak on their thoughts...
- Creativity And Mental Illness
"Creative minds 'mimic schizophrenia'" by Michelle Roberts May 29th, 2010 BBC News Brain scans reveal striking similarities in the thought pathways of highly creative people and those with schizophrenia. Both groups lack important receptors...
- Nobel Prize Jurors And Ethics
This doesn't really come as a surprise. When money and prestige are involved in human activities these two features rise to the top. "Nobel Prize hit by bribery scandal" December 19th, 2008 NDTV The prestigious Nobel Prize has been hit by a bribery...
- Lord Rutherford And No Second Nobel Prize
Abstract: "I have dealt with many different transformations with various periods of time, but the quickest that I have met was my own transformation in one moment from a physicist to a chemist." Ernest Rutherford (Nobel Banquet, 1908) This article is...