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Nasar, Sylvia.
A beautiful mind : a biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., winner of the Nobel Prize in economics, 1994 /
Sylvia Nasar
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Nash, John F., 1928– . 2. Mathematicians— United States — Biography I. Title
OA29.N25N37 1998
510'.92
[B]—DC21
98-2795
ISBN-13: 978-0-684-81906-8
ISBN-10: 0-684-81906-8
ISBN-13: 978-1-4516-2842-5 (pbk)
ISBN: 978-1-4391-2649-3 (eBook)
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