{"product_id":"9781451628425","title":"A Beautiful Mind","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA Beautiful Mind\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Sylvia Nasar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Also an Academy Award–winning film starring Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly—directed by Ron Howard**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe powerful, dramatic biography of math genius John Nash, who overcame serious mental illness and schizophrenia to win the Nobel Prize.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“How could you, a mathematician, believe that extraterrestrials were sending you messages?” the visitor from Harvard asked the West Virginian with the movie-star looks and Olympian manner. “Because the ideas I had about supernatural beings came to me the same way my mathematical ideas did,” came the answer. “So I took them seriously.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThus begins the true story of John Nash, the mathematical genius who was a legend by age thirty when he slipped into madness, and who—thanks to the selflessness of a beautiful woman and the loyalty of the mathematics community—emerged after decades of ghostlike existence to win a Nobel Prize for triggering the game theory revolution. The inspiration for an Academy Award–winning movie, Sylvia Nasar’s now-classic biography is a drama about the mystery of the human mind, triumph over adversity, and the healing power of love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781451628425\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40883879280846,"sku":"9781451628425","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_d85d18fe-afb7-42d7-9eda-8b2b2cf86858.jpg?v=1645643993","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781451628425","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}