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A brilliant madness [videorecording]

Contributor Schreiber, Liev.

Edition Statement:Widescreen ed.

Imprint:[Alexandria, VA] : PBS Home Video, 2002.

Description1 videodisc ( 60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Note:Originally broadcast as part of the television series The American Experience.

Note:Sylvia Nasar, author of "A beautiful mind" was selected consultant for this documentary.

Note:Bonus features: commentary ; anamorphic/ widescreen ; 5.1 surround sound; interview with John Nash ; more information on schizophrenia.

Note:"Called 'the most remarkable mathematician of the second half of the century,' Nash suffered a devastating breakdown at the age of thirty. He suddenly claimed that aliens were sending him messages, became obsessed with secret numbers and saw conspiracies all around him. Diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, Nash spent a decade in and out of mental hospitals, surviving with the support of his wife and former colleagues. During that time, a mathematical proof he'd written at the age of twenty became a foundation of modern economics. Sometime in the 1980s, he gradually began to recover. In 1994, Nash capped his remarkable return from madness by winning the Nobel Prize"--Container

Note : PerformerNarrator, Liev Schreiber.

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Title:
Brillant madness [videorecording]
Series Statement
Buhl Library Video Collection
Subject:
Nash, John F., Jr., 1928-2015.
Subject:
Mathematicians -- United States -- Biography.
Index Term - Genre/Form
Biographical television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Educational television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.
Added Entry - Uniform Title
American experience (Television program)