Sylvia Nasar is an American author best known for A Beautiful Mind, her biography of mathematician John Nash.

Author of A Beautiful Mind (1998), a biography of John Nash that received wide acclaim and won the National Book Critics Circle Award for biography.

A close, appreciative review of Sylvia Nasar's biography of John Nash that emphasizes Nash's mathematical achievements, his illness, and the differences between book and film. The reviewer praises Nasar's detailed account and considers the book a powerful complement to Ron Howard's film. Historical and mathematical context (Fields Medal, Riemann Hypothesis, De Giorgi) is highlighted.

For:Readers of biographies, mathematics enthusiasts, and people interested in mental health and film adaptations.

 “Compared to the  two subsequent works, the game theory, which earned him the Nobel Prize, is  a trivial little thing”

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