John Nash is now a well-known mathematician. He is commonly recognized as the only mathematician to win the Nobel Prize and as the mathematician that the movie A Beautiful Mind is based on. While people are now aware of John Nash’s story, it was not previously well known. John Nash grew into a brilliant mathematician, was diagnosed with schizophrenia, and persevered through obstacles to continue working in mathematics. John Nash was born on June 13, 1928 in Bluefield, West Virginia where he grew up (People). John’s father, John Forbes Nash, was from Texas and became an electrical engineer (O’Connor). He served in World War I, lectured at the University of Texas, and then moved to Bluefield to work for the Appalachian Power Company. It was
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While he was in college, Nash was called out of the ordinary, lonely, was pranked by many fellow students, awkward, and immature (O’Connor). At MIT, Nash was not liked by his colleagues, but they worked with him because he was so successful mathematically (People). Nash was also working with RAND, but he was fired because he was arrested for indecent exposure in Santa Monica (John Forbes). While at Princeton, everyone admired his mathematical skill, but his aggressive behavior made his colleagues leery of working with him (O’Connor). Shortly after Alicia became pregnant, New Year’s arrived and with it, the celebrations (O’Connor). There was one party in particular where Nash’s behavior was more than strange. At this party, John showed up in only a diaper and a sash (O’Connor). People from the party claim that Nash spent most of the night laying on his wife’s lap crying and acting like a baby (O’Connor). Soon after this incident, Nash stopped teaching his classes and thought there were messages in the universe that were meant for him alone (O’Connor). Finally, after bizarre behavior, Norbert Wiener found that these actions were tied to a mental diagnosis (O’Connor). John Nash was diagnosed with …show more content…
It is rumored that this is because Alfred Nobel’s wife was having an affair with a mathematician, so out of disdain for the mathematician, he decided that no mathematician could win the Nobel Prize (Hiskey). Regardless of the truth behind that rumor, Nash could not have won the Prize for his work in mathematics. Nash won the Nobel Prize because of his work on game theory for economics (Concise Encyclopedia). Game theory is mainly the study of how two groups of people or how two individuals will interact with each other (Levine). It also describes the interaction based on competition between two groups or individuals (People). Game theory revolutionized economics by claiming that each player in a game would be playing for their own benefit based on other players’ strategy (Cassidy). This was groundbreaking because economics at the time had a concept of how economies as a whole worked based on Keynesian economics, but Nash’s work focused on groups against groups or individuals against each other which Keynesian economics had not accounted for (Cassidy). No one was expecting Nash’s thesis to be as impactful as it was (People). Nash developed his theory of game theory while he was obtaining his doctorate, but he did not win the Nobel Prize until 45 years after he developed it at the age of 66 (O’Connor, People). Thirty-eight years after they divorced, Alicia and John got married again
While he was in college, Nash was called out of the ordinary, lonely, was pranked by many fellow students, awkward, and immature (O’Connor). At MIT, Nash was not liked by his colleagues, but they worked with him because he was so successful mathematically (People). Nash was also working with RAND, but he was fired because he was arrested for indecent exposure in Santa Monica (John Forbes). While at Princeton, everyone admired his mathematical skill, but his aggressive behavior made his colleagues leery of working with him (O’Connor). Shortly after Alicia became pregnant, New Year’s arrived and with it, the celebrations (O’Connor). There was one party in particular where Nash’s behavior was more than strange. At this party, John showed up in only a diaper and a sash (O’Connor). People from the party claim that Nash spent most of the night laying on his wife’s lap crying and acting like a baby (O’Connor). Soon after this incident, Nash stopped teaching his classes and thought there were messages in the universe that were meant for him alone (O’Connor). Finally, after bizarre behavior, Norbert Wiener found that these actions were tied to a mental diagnosis (O’Connor). John Nash was diagnosed with …show more content…
It is rumored that this is because Alfred Nobel’s wife was having an affair with a mathematician, so out of disdain for the mathematician, he decided that no mathematician could win the Nobel Prize (Hiskey). Regardless of the truth behind that rumor, Nash could not have won the Prize for his work in mathematics. Nash won the Nobel Prize because of his work on game theory for economics (Concise Encyclopedia). Game theory is mainly the study of how two groups of people or how two individuals will interact with each other (Levine). It also describes the interaction based on competition between two groups or individuals (People). Game theory revolutionized economics by claiming that each player in a game would be playing for their own benefit based on other players’ strategy (Cassidy). This was groundbreaking because economics at the time had a concept of how economies as a whole worked based on Keynesian economics, but Nash’s work focused on groups against groups or individuals against each other which Keynesian economics had not accounted for (Cassidy). No one was expecting Nash’s thesis to be as impactful as it was (People). Nash developed his theory of game theory while he was obtaining his doctorate, but he did not win the Nobel Prize until 45 years after he developed it at the age of 66 (O’Connor, People). Thirty-eight years after they divorced, Alicia and John got married again