John forbes nash jr schizophrenia meaning of name

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John charles martin nash wikipedia

John Nash was one of the greatest thinkers in mathematics of the 20th Century. And, thanks to his biography: A Beautiful Mind, and the award-winning film of the same name he was also one of the best-known people with schizophrenia of the same period. It is true that at school the social awkwardness and immaturity that was, in later life, to become one of his hallmarks became apparent but he was a clever student and benefited tremendously from the additional tutoring provided at home by both his parents.

He did have a circle of close friends from his area and became known as a prankster. At one stage he and his friends began experimenting with making bombs using home-made gunpowder and other explosives. Sadly this escapade ended in tragedy when one of his friends blew himself up. At around 13 Nash had his first brush with serious mathematics when he read E.

This work was to sow the seeds of a fertile and creative career. After school Nash won a scholarship to the Carnegie Institute of Technology where he first studied chemical engineering, later moving to chemistry and then to mathematics as he struggled with both technical drawing and laboratory work. He was quickly singled out for his skills in mathematics and one of his professors described him as a mathematics genius in his recommendation to Princeton University.