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6 days ago · A Beautiful Mind, American biographical film, released in 2001, that told the story of American Nobel Prize winner John Nash, whose innovative work on game theory in mathematics was in many ways overshadowed by decades of mental illness.
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4 days ago · Sylvia Nasar. From the author of A Beautiful Mind, a history on modern economic thought and the people who helped develop it. Book Review. November 1, 2011. Hillary Jordan. With themes reminiscent of Orwell and Hawthorne, this unsettlingly realistic novel warns of the need to be wary of oppressive and unjust laws imposed by people in power.
3 days ago · Oscar's Best Pictures: 2000s Trivia Quiz. Year by year for the 2000s, all of the Best Picture winners of the decade. Remember that Oscars are handed out the year after the movie's release. A multiple-choice quiz by napierslogs. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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5 days ago · Jennifer Lynn Connelly (born December 12, 1970) is an American actress. She began her career as a child model before making her acting debut in the 1984 crime film Once Upon a Time in America.
4 days ago · "A Beautiful Mind" is a biographical drama based on the life of Nobel Laureate in Economics, John Nash, and adapted from the Pulitzer-Prize nominated book by Sylvia Nasar. The story follows Nash's secret work decoding encrypted enemy messages, while he descends into paranoid schizophrenia.
4 days ago · The film was an adaptation of Sylvia Nasar’s biography on Nash; while certain corners had to be cut for sake of the film’s runtime, other changes glossed over some uncomfortable details. The casting of Jennifer Connelly as Alicia Nash raised some eyebrows, as Nash's real-life wife was born in El Salvador.
Aug 26, 2024 · by Sylvia Nasar Nearly every aspect of our life is determined by economics, and yet it’s easy to go through life understanding very little about it. Author and columnist Tim Harford (aka the ‘Undercover Economist’) introduces the best books to get you thinking like an economist.
