A Beautiful Mind
The biography of a mathematical genius who suffered from schizophrenia, miraculously recovered, and then won a Nobel Prize.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Year
- 2011
- ISBN-13
- 9781451628425
- Genre
- Biography & Memoir
- Topics
- Mathematical geniusSchizophrenia and mental illnessNobel Prize
Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or AutobiographyShortlistedMajor(1999)
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