The Beautiful Life of John Forbes Nash, Jr.

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“He was so incredibly himself” — Herta Newman

Nash at the Institute for Advanced Study in 2011. (Photo: Serge J-F. Levy©2019)

Mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. was born in Bluefield, West Virginia in 1928. He died in a car crash in New Jersey on the 23rd of May, 2015, on his way back home after receiving the renowned Abel Prize in Oslo a few days prior.