American experience, A brilliant madness

The Resource American experience, A brilliant madness

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American experience, A brilliant madness

Title part

A brilliant madness

Statement of responsibility

a Yellow Jersey Films production for American Experience ; American Experience is a production of WGBH Boston

Title variation

Brilliant madness

Language

eng

Summary

Called "the most remarkable mathematician of the second half of the century," John Nash suffered a devastating breakdown at the age of thirty. He suddenly claimed that aliens were sending him messages, became obsessed with secret numbers and saw conspiracies all around him. Diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, Nash spent a decade in and out of mental hospitals, surviving with the support of his wife and former colleagues. During that time, a mathematical proof he'd written at the age of twenty became a foundation of modern economics. Sometime in the 1980s, he gradually began to recover. In 1994, Nash capped his remarkable return from madness by winning the Nobel Prize

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CO2

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Executive producer, Margaret Drain ; producer, Randall MacLowry ; writers, Mark Samels, Randall MacLowry ; director, Mark Samels

Intended audience

Not rated

Language note

Closed-captioned

PerformerNote

Narrator, Liev Schreiber

Runtime

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action

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