A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar

A Beautiful Mind

Sylvia Nasar

461 pages first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction biography economics mathematics science challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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At the age of 21, a brilliant and highly eccentric graduate student made a major contribution to game theory: John Nash had discovered an influential theory of rational human behaviour. But ten years later, at the peak of a dazzling mathematical c...

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informative 80%
emotional 55%
inspiring 55%
reflective 45%
challenging 35%
hopeful 30%
sad 25%
dark 10%
lighthearted 5%
mysterious 5%

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medium 50%

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