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As if that's not enough, she's also a concert pianist. Her book, a very gentle introduction to the main ideas of mathematics in general and category theory in particular, exudes enthusiasm for mathematics, teaching, and creative recipes. Category theory is ...
2015-05-24 07:01:00
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Nash, a Princeton University scholar, was awarded the Nobel Prize for economics in 1994 for his work on game theory and the mathematics of decision-making. In March, Nash received the 2015 Abel Prize from the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters for ...
2015-05-24 10:38:00
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Nash was awarded the Nobel Prize for economics in 1994 for his work on game theory and the mathematics of decision-making. The Oscar award-winning film "A Beautiful Mind" starring Russell Crowe was loosely based on his battle with schizophrenia.
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Born in Bluefield, West Virginia, to an electrical engineer and a housewife, Nash had read the classic Men of Mathematics by E.T. Bell by the time he was in high school. He planned to follow in his father’s footsteps and studied for three years at the ...
2015-05-24 11:56:00
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After stays in psychiatric hospitals and a period wandering around Europe, he returned to Princeton and “became the Phantom of Fine Hall, a mute figure who scribbled strange equations on blackboards in the mathematics building and searched anxiously for ...
2015-05-23 12:00:00
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Nash received his doctorate from the institution in 1950. According to the website: "The impact of his 27 page dissertation on the fields of mathematics and economics was tremendous. In 1951 he joined the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of ...
2015-05-24 09:56:00
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Beautiful minds, beautiful hearts. https://t.co/XF4V9MBwU4 — Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) May 24, 2015 Nash was in Norway last Tuesday to accept the Abel Prize for mathematics from King Harald V for his work, along with longtime colleague Louis ...
2015-05-24 09:21:00
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Nash was awarded the Nobel Prize for economics in 1994 for his work on game theory and the mathematics of decision-making. The Oscar award-winning film "A Beautiful Mind" starring Russell Crowe was loosely based on Nash's longtime struggle with schizophrenia.
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