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John Nash! Born: June 13, 1928 |
As a young man Nash initiated brilliant work in several areas of mathematics, including game theory, topology, and differential equations. In fact, a paper he wrote in game theory while still a doctoral student eventually won him the 1994 Nobel Prize in Economics. Unfortunately, mental illness cut his career short by the time he was thirty years old. Nash’s life has been immortalized in the book and motion picture A Beautiful Mind. He has become a legend in his own time.