John Forbes Nash, Jr.
Mathematician, Academic
1928 –
Who is John Forbes Nash, Jr.?
John Forbes Nash, Jr. is an American mathematician whose works in game theory, differential geometry, and partial differential equations have provided insight into the factors that govern chance and events inside complex systems in daily life. His theories are used in market economics, computing, evolutionary biology, artificial intelligence, accounting, politics and military theory. Serving as a Senior Research Mathematician at Princeton University during the latter part of his life, he shared the 1994 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with game theorists Reinhard Selten and John Harsanyi.
Nash is the subject of the 2001 Hollywood movie A Beautiful Mind. The film, loosely based on the biography of the same name, focuses on Nash's mathematical genius and also his schizophrenia.
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- Born
- Jun 13, 1928
Bluefield - Also known as
- John F. Nash
- جون فوربس ناش الإبن
- جون ناش
- 小約翰‧富比士‧納許
- 約翰·佛比·納許二世
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Alicia Lopez-Harrison de Lardé
(1957/02 - 1963) - Alicia Lopez-Harrison de Lardé
(2001 - )
- Alicia Lopez-Harrison de Lardé
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Doctorate, Princeton University
Mathematics
( - 1950) - Master of Science, Carnegie Institute of Technology
Mathematics
( - 1948) - Bluefield High School
( - 1945) - Bachelor of Science, Carnegie Institute of Technology
Mathematics
( - 1948)
- Doctorate, Princeton University
- Employment
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Princeton University
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on July 23, 2013
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