by Sylvia Nasar
Lucas, Robert, 371
Luce, R. Duncan, 107, 122
McAfee, Preston, 377
McCarthy, John, 102, 146, 258
McCarthy, Joseph, 100, 110, 135, 184
McCarthyism, 100, 110, 135, 137, 152–54, 185, 187
McCormick, Mrs., 195
McDonald, John, 116
Mackey, George, 11, 155, 257
McKinsey, J. C. C, 117, 185, 188, 189
McLean Hospital, 253–61
description of, 255
optimism at, 259
treatment philosophy of, 259
McMillan, John, 377, 378
Mad Hatter’s Tea, 264
Magee, Harold, 291
Maler, Karl-Goran, 358, 362, 364, 367, 369, 370–71, 372
Malgrange, Bernard, 300
Manganaro, Jim, 380
Manhattan Project, 56, 81, 107, 110, 153, 193
MANIAC, 82
manic depressive illness (bipolar disorder), 18, 258, 318–19
manifolds, algebraic, 123–24, 128–32
manifolds, Riemannian, embedding of, 155–63, 203, 204, 218, 219, 345
Mao Tse-Tung, 332
Marshall, Alfred, 89
Marshall University, 346, 384
Martha Washington College, 27
Martin, Emma (grandmother), 27, 29
Martin, James Everett (grandfather), 27
Martin, Lucy, 243
Martin, Margaret Virginia (mother), see
Nash, Margaret Virginia Martin
Martin, William Ted, 132, 135, 137, 153, 154, 233
Michigan position arranged by, 303
Nash’s McLean commitment and, 254
and Nash’s professorship, 155
Nash’s resignation and, 265
Nash’s tenure and, 224, 244, 249, 250
and onset of Nash’s schizophrenia, 243, 244, 250
senior seminar arranged by, 319
Martinez, Maximiliano Hernandez, 191
Marx, Karl, 88
Marymount School, 192–94
Mary Nash College for Women, 26
Maskin, Eric, 362
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 55, 132–46, 152–63
Alicia Larde accepted to, 194
description of, 133
game theory seminar at, 319
McCarthyism at, 153
Nash’s resignation from, 265
Nash’s tenure hopes at, 224, 244, 249, 250
Nash’s unhappiness at, 235
Nash’s visiting position at, 309
Matewan, 28
Mathematical Intelligencer, The, 77, 78
Mathematician’s Apology, The (Hardy), 228
mathematics:
competition in, 228–29
Hilbert program in, 52
in World War II, 55–57, 100
Mathematische Grundlagen der Quanteninechanik (von Neumann), 45, 81
Mattson, John Otto, 184
Mattuck, Arthur, 167–68, 177, 178, 180, 182, 199, 201, 223, 263, 316, 317, 387
on Forrester, 204
John Stier and, 344
Nash’s illness and, 262
Nash’s McLean commitment and, 256, 258
Mazur, Barry, 131, 141
Meder, Albert E., Jr., 303
Meitner, Lise, 56
Mele, Howard S., 307–8, 310, 312–13
Men of Mathematics (Bell), 34–35, 230–31
“Metamorphosis, The” (Kafka), 278
meteorology, 81
Michigan, University of, 45, 149, 303–4
Milgrom, Paul, 362, 376–77
Miller, James, 303, 304
Milnor, John, 101, 132, 170, 234, 296, 308–9, 312, 313
Alicia Nash’s driving lessons from, 284
at International Mathematical Congress, 301
knotted curves paper of, 72
on Nash’s 1960s work, 309
Nash’s board game and, 77, 78
on Nash’s speculative questions, 68–69
one-year Princeton post arranged by, 309–10, 311
on Princeton student life, 64
at RAND, 117, 149–51
on trip to California, 147–48
min-max theorem, 83, 86, 95, 96
Minsky, Gloria, 316
Minsky, Marvin L., 95, 143, 145, 200, 208, 223, 316, 387
MIT, see Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Möbius strip, 66
Montgomery, Deane, 296, 308–9
Mood, Alexander, 112, 113–14, 187
Moore, John Coleman, 198, 269, 341–42, 344
C. L. E. Moore instructorships, 132, 135, 139, 142, 157, 160, 162
Morawetz, Cathleen Synge, 216, 217, 246, 281–82
Morgenstern, Oskar, 81, 83, 85, 87, 88, 90, 91, 94, 97, 102, 105, 149, 284, 308–9, 363
background of, 84
game-theory conference organized by, 296–97
Nash’s potential job with, 284–85, 286
Morse, Marston, 55, 56, 296
Moser, Gertrude, 222, 239, 251, 257, 262
Moser, Jürgen, 216, 223, 224, 243, 257, 321–22
on Fields deliberations, 226
funds raised by, 303
Nash paper refereed by, 318
Nash’s respect for, 222
New Year’s Eve party of, 239–40
Riemannian manifolds and, 158, 159, 161, 162
Moskovitz, David, 44
Motchane, Leon, 298
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 281
Mueller, Egbert, 260, 261
Muse, Leonard, 331
Myerson, Roger, 91, 355
Myrdal, Gunnar, 358, 359, 368
Nagel, Bengt, 368
Nalebuff, Barry, 97
“Nash,” 75, 76–78
Nash, Alexander Quincy (grandfather), 26
Nash, Alicia Larde (wife), 190–202, 298, 299, 301, 314, 322, 388
accepted at MIT, 194
assessments of Nash’s relationship with, 223
attracted to Nash, 196–98
background and childhood of, 191–94
breakdown of marriage of, 296
Carrier commitment and, 304, 306
Cohen and, 237
death of father of, 192, 301
early married life of, 222–23
Eleanor Stier’s meeting with, 201–2
electroshock eschewed by, 306
employment problems of, 341–43
European trip of, 233–34
informed of Nash’s Nobel, 371
Italy trip of, 276
John Charles Nash’s graduate studies encouraged by, 346
John Charles Nash’s mental problems and, 343, 344
Moore’s relationship with, 341
Nash committed to McLean by, 253–61
Nash divorced by, 302–3, 306
Nash offered housing by, 340
Nash’s 1962 European trip and, 298, 301
in Nash’s class, 196–97
Nash’s contemplation of marriage with, 210–12
Nash’s courtship with, 199–202
Nash’s divorce threat against, 262
Nash’s Geneva stay and, 273, 278, 279
on Nash’s remission, 349
Nash’s Trenton State hospitalization and, 287, 288, 290, 291, 294
Nash’s wedding to, 212
at New Jersey Transit, 346
at New Year’s party, 240
1959–60 European stay of, 265–82
at Nobel ceremonies, 379, 380
Nobel Prize and, 383
and onset of Nash’s schizophrenia, 242, 245, 248–52
potential reconciliation with, 308, 309, 310, 313, 316, 319
pregnancy of, 235, 248, 251, 263–64
renewal of marriage of, 385–86
on return from Europe, 283, 284, 287
sex discrimination suit filed by, 342–43
son of, see Nash, John Charles Martin
Virginia Nash introduced to, 211
von Neumann prize and, 339
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wedding of, 212
Nash, Jesse (uncle), 26
Nash, John Charles Martin (son), 255, 261, 263–64, 266, 283, 301, 322, 326, 342
Alicia Lopez-Harrison’s care of, 277, 283, 287, 296, 309, 341
birth of, 255, 262–64
Boston visited by, 345
brought to Europe, 276–77, 279, 280
computer seen as therapeutic for, 384, 385
custody of, 303
fundamentalism of, 343
John Stier’s first meeting with, 344
math studies of, 345–46
medication refused by, 344, 384
mental problems of, 343–44, 351, 383–385
Nash’s relationship.with, 380,-383–85, 388
Nash’s separations from, 308, 314, 316
Nobel Prize and, 383
at Trenton State Hospital, 383
von Neumann prize and, 339
Nash, John F., Jr.
alien races and, 13, 241–42, 243, 275
assessment of schizophrenia diagnosis for, 351–53
assessment of work of, 11–12
authority disdained by, 12
autobiographical essay of, 32, 34, 44, 46, 91, 129, 157, 159, 224–25, 295, 354
birth of, 30
blackboard messages left by, 332–34
bombmaking by, 37
at Brandeis, 314–22
at Carnegie Tech, 39–45, 129
at Carrier Clinic, 304, 305–8, 312–13
chemistry studied bv. 41
childhood of, 15, 29–39
citizenship renunciation attempted by, 271–72
classes avoided by, 68
computers admired by, 12
computer work of, 336–37, 349, 350, 384
delusions of, 325–28, 353
diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, 258–59
dismissed from RAND, 184–89
divorce considered by, 257, 262
draft avoided by, 123–27
draft feared by, 47, 202, 229
drug treatments of, 16–17
earliest memories of, 25
early education of, 31, 34, 38–39
early mathematical talent of, 34
East Germany stay of, 281
engineering studied by, 39, 40, 41
faculty position sought by, 123
fellow students questioned by, 72
French studies of, 297–98
games invented by, 75, 76–78, 102
generals passed by, 92–93
Geneva stay of, 273, 274–79
graduate studies of, 45–47, 49, 58–98
handedness of, 31
hospitalization feared by, 325, 330, 340
indecent exposure charge against, 184–189, 210
initial recovery of, 295
insulin coma therapy of, 291–94, 299, 306, 329, 353
intellectual independence sought by, 68, 71
as introverted child, 30–31
investments of, 233, 236
job sought for, 284–85, 286
at McLean Hospital, 253–61
marriage of, see Nash, Alicia Larde
mathematics chosen by, 42
1959–60 European stay of, 265–82
1962 European trip of, 298
1964 European trip of, 311–12
1967 West Coast trip of, 320–22
Nobel prize announced to, 22
onset of schizophrenia in, 11, 16, 18–19, 221, 238, 240–52
passport destroyed or discarded by, 276
physical description of, 67, 113
pranks played by, 37, 101, 102, 114, 156
professorship gained by, 155, 156, 162–163
psychotherapy of, 259
Putnam award and, 43–44
racial views of, 67–68, 217
reading avoided by, 68
refugee status sought by, 273, 274–80, 302
remission of, 20, 349–55, 381–82
Roanoke years of, 323–31
science experiments of, 32
science fiction as interest of, 12
security clearance of, 110
Shapley’s friendship with, 99–103
shock treatments and, 16–17, 232, 250, 304
single economics course of, 90–91
sociability encouraged in, 33
sons of, see Nash, John Charles Martin;
Stier, John David
stock market as interest of, 233, 236, 350
summer jobs of, 33
teaching by, 139–41, 163, 235, 240–41
teasing of, 36, 42
thesis of, 95–96, 128
at Trenton State Hospital, 287, 288–94, 302, 306, 344
vegetarianism of, 307
violence of, 73
von Neumann prize awarded to, 338–39, 354
whistling of, 66, 69, 113, 114, 141–42, 163
Nash, John F., Sr. (father), 25–34, 123
background and childhood of, 26
death of, 209
health problems of, 208–9
Japanese invasion feared by, 35–36
John Stier and, 206, 208, 210
New York trip of, 208–9
West Point suggested by, 39
Nash, Margaret Virginia Martin (mother), 25–34, 123, 251, 264
Alicia Larde introduced to, 211
Carrier commitment and, 304, 306, 307–308
death of, 27, 330–31
John Nash, Sr.’s death and, 209–10
John Stier and, 206, 208, 209, 210
Nash’s divorce and, 302
Nash’s education fostered by, 31, 38
Nash’s investments for, 233, 236
Nash’s letters to, 272, 276, 279, 301, 310, 312, 314, 319–20
Nash’s McLean commitment and, 255, 260
Nash’s 1959–60 European stay and, 272, 276, 279
Nash’s 1962 European trip and, 301
Nash’s 1964 European trip and, 312
Nash’s stay with, 323–30
Nash’s Trenton State hospitalization and, 287, 288, 290, 291
nervous breakdown of, 27, 272
New York trip of, 208
and onset of Nash’s schizophrenia, 249, 251
and potential Michigan position, 303
sociability encouraged by, 33
Nash, Martha (sister), see Legg, Martha Nash
Nash, Martha Smith (grandmother), 26
Nash, Richard (cousin), 293, 320–21