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'''John Forbes 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>

'''John Forbes 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 the book by Sylvia Nasar entitled ''A Beautiful Mind'', and by the movie of the same name.

His career was popularized by the book by Sylvia Nasar entitled ''A Beautiful Mind'', and by the movie of the same name.

==See Also==

==See Also==

:[http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/1994/nash-autobio.html Autobiography] at the [[Nobel Prize]] website

*[http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/1994/nash-autobio.html Autobiography] at the [[Nobel Prize]] website

:[http://www.math.princeton.edu/jfnj/ John Nash's personal page at Princeton]

*[http://www.math.princeton.edu/jfnj/ John Nash's personal page at Princeton]

:[http://www.princeton.edu/mudd/news/faq/topics/Non-Cooperative_Games_Nash.pdf John Nash's doctorial dissertation]

*[http://www.princeton.edu/mudd/news/faq/topics/Non-Cooperative_Games_Nash.pdf John Nash's doctorial dissertation]

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[[Category:Nobel laureates in Economics]]

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