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Nashs early years since he was born in a family that loved books, john nash became interested in the learning process. Nash s work has provided insight into the factors that govern chance and decisionmaking inside complex systems found in everyday life his theories are widely used in economics. For his brilliant insight into human behavior john forbes nash, jr. A beautiful mind traces the meteoric rise of john forbes nash, jr. Son of a beautiful mind john nash has one regret nj. Nashs life, chronicled so engagingly by sylvia nasar in a beautiful mind, is a story of the struggles of a brilliant but troubled man.
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