'''John Nash''' (b. 1928) had insights into a branch of mathematics known as "game theory." His chief contribution, which he humbly described as his "most trivial," was the [[Nash equilibrium]] that won for him the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1994.<ref>http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/profiles/nash.htm</ref>
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'''John Nash''' (b. 1928) had insights into a branch of mathematics known as [[game theory]]. His chief contribution, which he humbly described as his "most trivial," was the [[Nash equilibrium]] that won for him the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1994.<ref>http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/profiles/nash.htm</ref>
His career was popularized by a book by Sylvia Nasar entitled "A Beautiful Mind," and by a movie bearing that same title.
His career was popularized by a book by Sylvia Nasar entitled "A Beautiful Mind," and by a movie bearing that same title.