Sylvia Nasar - 2009 - A Beautiful Mind (Biography)

A Beautiful Mind - Sylvia Nasar - 2009







By: Sylvia Nasar

Narrated by: Anna Fields

Length: 18 hrs and 12 mins

Unabridged Audiobook

Release date: 03-26-09

Language: English

Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Professionals & Academics

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Format: mp3 64/48 mono







National Book Critics Circle Award, Biography/Autobiography, 1999



John Forbes Nash, Jr., a prodigy and legend by the age of 30, dazzled the mathematical world by solving a series of deep problems deemed "impossible" by other mathematicians.



But at the height of his fame, Nash suffered a catastrophic mental breakdown and began a harrowing descent into insanity, resigning his post at MIT, slipping into a series of bizarre delusions, and eventually becoming a dreamy, ghostlike figure at Princeton, scrawling numerological messages on blackboards. He was all but forgotten by the outside world - until, remarkably, he emerged from his madness to win the Nobel Prize.



A true drama, A Beautiful Mind is also a fascinating look at the extraordinary and fragile nature of genius.



©1998 Sylvia Nasar (P)1999 Blackstone Audio, Inc.



Critic Reviews



"A Beautiful Mind tells a moving story and offers a remarkable look into the arcane world of mathematics and the tragedy of madness." ( New York Times Book Review)



"Nasar tells a story of triumph, tragedy, and enduring love." ( Library Journal)











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