A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar

“people look to the order of numbers when the world falls apart”

Author: Sylvia Nasar

There is so much going on in this book; the life of John Nash and his mental suffering on one level, but then the description of his absolute genius, brilliant and beautiful mind and mathematical findings on another level.

A profound dislike for merely absorbing knowledge and a strong compulsion to learn by doing is one of the most reliable signs of genius.

I have highlighted so many paragraphs of this book, that I'll risk getting done for copyright infringement if I ever shared them all. Especially, the sections on game theory really struck a chord with me. Having a mind that's able to think and plan on so many levels at the same time must have been truly amazing.

His insight was that the game would be solved when every player independently chose his best response to the other players’ best strategies.

There is a film made based on this book, with Russell Crowe playing John Nash, but in my view the book is so much better.

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