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  1. www.britannica.com › biography › John-NashJohn Nash | Biography, Game Theory, Nobel Prize, & Facts ...

    Sep 18, 2024 · John Nash (born June 13, 1928, Bluefield, West Virginia, U.S.—died May 23, 2015, near Monroe Township, New Jersey) was an American mathematician who was awarded the 1994 Nobel Prize for Economics for his landmark work, first begun in the 1950s, on the mathematics of game theory.

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  2. www.nobelprize.org › 1994 › nashJohn F. Nash Jr. – Biographical - NobelPrize.org

    Biographical. My beginning as a legally recognized individual occurred on June 13, 1928 in Bluefield, West Virginia, in the Bluefield Sanitarium, a hospital that no longer exists. Of course I can’t consciously remember anything from the first two or three years of my life after birth.

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  4. mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk › Biographies › NashJohn F Nash (1928 - 2015) - Biography - MacTutor History of ...

    May 23, 2015 · Quick Info. Born. 13 June 1928. Bluefield, West Virginia, USA. Died. 23 May 2015. New Jersey, USA. Summary. John Nash was an American mathematician who won the Nobel Prize for Economics for his work in game theory. He achieved fame through the film A Beautiful Mind. View seven larger pictures. Biography.

  5. www.nobelprize.org › prizes › economic-sciencesJohn F. Nash Jr. – Facts - NobelPrize.org

    May 23, 2015 · John F Nash was an American mathematician born in Bluefield, West Virginia. He attended Carnegie Institute of technology and later Princeton University where he begun working on his equilibrium theory. He later worked at MIT in the mathematics faculty.

  6. econ.sites.northeastern.edu › wiki › microeconomicsJohn Nash: The Genius Who Shaped Game Theory and Economics

    Jan 18, 2024 · Born in 1928 in Bluefield, West Virginia, Nash showed early signs of extraordinary intellectual ability. His parents, recognizing his talent, nurtured his academic interests. Nash’s advanced understanding of mathematics led him to take college-level courses while still in high school. Academic Prodigy at Carnegie and Princeton

  7. www.encyclopedia.com › john-forbes-nash-jrJohn Forbes Nash Jr | Encyclopedia.com

    May 29, 2018 · Awarded a Nobel Prize in Economics in 1994 for his pioneering work in game theory, John Nash (born 1928) distinguished himself as one of the foremost mathematical researchers and theorists of the twentieth century. Game theory was the subject of Nash's doctoral dissertation at Princeton University.

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  9. www.math.princeton.edu › people › john-f-nash-jrJohn F. Nash, Jr. | Math - Princeton University

    2015. John Nash Jr., a legendary fixture of Princeton University’s Department of Mathematics renowned for his breakthrough work in mathematics and game theory as well as for his struggle with mental illness, died with his wife, Alicia, in an automobile accident May 23 in Monroe Township, New Jersey. He was 86, she was 82.