A Beautiful Mind (96 page)

Nash at,
202
,
208
,
215
–16,
220
–21,
236

Nash at, after illness,
296
–97,
303
,
308
–309,
311

insulin coma therapy,
291
–94,
299
,
306
,
329
,
353

intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs),
106
,
110

International Congress of Mathematicians:

1950,
129

1958,
233

1962,
300
,
301

International Mathematical Union,
162

see also
Fields Medal

Isbell, John,
205

Jacob,
327

Jacobson, Carl-Olof,
356
–57,
370
,
371
–72,
373

“Jeep” problem,
145
–46

Jeffries, Steve,
186

“John” (“Nash”),
75
,
76
–78

John XXIII, Pope,
276

John Alden Society,
33

John Bates Clark medal for economics,
369

Johnniac,
109

John von Neumann Theory Prize,
338
–39,
354

Jung, Carl,
94

Kafka, Franz,
269
,
273
,
278
,
327

Kahn, Herman,
105
,
109
,
111

Kahne, Merton J.,
254
,
258
,
259

Kaiser Friedrich Institute,
56

Kakutani, Shizuo,
362

Kaluza, Theodor F. E.,
94

Kant, Immanuel,
15

Kaplan, Fred,
105
,
121

Karlin, Sam,
117

Karlquist, Anders,
368
,
369

Kaysen, Carl,
116

Keefe, Richard,
342

Kemeny, John,
71
,
270
–71

Kennedy, John F.,
280

Keynes, John Maynard,
14

Keynesian economics,
85

Khrushchev, Nikita,
278
,
280
,
332

King, Mervyn,
354
,
355

Kinsey, Alfred,
181

Kirchner, Herman,
37

Kiselman, Christer,
366
,
372

Nash’s lecture arranged by,
380

Kiselman, Ola,
366

Klein bottles,
157
–58

Kochel, Ludwig Alois Ferdinand von,
281

Kodaira, Kunihiko,
101
,
130

Kohn, Anna Rosa,
322

Kohn, Joseph,
134
,
140
,
157
,
313
,
314
,
319
,
320
,
322

Nash as concern of,
338

Korean War,
123
–27,
132
,
229

Kraepelin, Emil,
18

Kreisel, Georg,
284

Kreps, David,
362

Kriegspiel,
75
–76,
100
,
101
,
112
,
285

Krim, Seymour,
291

Kubrick, Stanley,
80

Kuhn, Estelle,
275
,
379
,
380
,
384

Kuhn, Harold,
64
,
243
,
339
,
351
,
381
,
385
,
386
,
388

Carrier Clinic visit of,
313

description of,
21

in Econometric Society,
354

game theory and,
77
,
83
,
100

honeymoon of,
62

on invention of Hex,
78

in Korean War,
125

Nash’s letters to,
312
,
387

on Nash’s need for recognition,
44

on Nash’s thesis,
95
–96

Nash told of Nobel by,
21
–22

at Nobel ceremonies,
275
,
379
,
380

Nobel committee’s request to,
363

Nobel deliberations and,
365
,
367

sherry sessions of,
62
,
72

on von Neumann,
79

Kunzig, Robert L.,
152

Kuranishi, Masatake,
162

Ladyshenskaya, Olga,
234

Lang, Serge,
64
,
73

Larde, Eloi Martin,
191

Larde, Enrique,
191
,
192
,
212

Larde, Florentin,
191

Larde, Jorge,
191

Larde, Muyu,
282

Larde (Danskin), Odette,
see
Danskin, Odette Larde

Larde, Rolando,
191

Larde Arthes, Carlos (father-in-law),
191
–192,
193
,
194
,
201

illness and death of,
192
,
296
,
301

Larde Harrison, Alicia (mother-in-law), see Lopez-Harrison de Larde, Alicia

Lasker,
180

Lax, Anneli,
216

Lax, Peter,
216
,
217
,
218
,
226
,
246

Leader, Elvira,
284

Leader, Sol,
284
,
343

League of Nations,
191
,
270

Lefschetz, Solomon,
46
,
47
,
51
,
58
,
63
,
64
,
69
,
71
,
93
,
95
,
96
,
130
,
329

anti-Semitism and,
58

background of,
58
–59

at IAS parties,
215

McCarthyism and,
153

Nash defended by,
73
,
74

Nash’s job search and,
129
,
132

new students welcomed by,
58
–59

Legendre, Adrien Marie,
230

Legg, Charlie (brother-in-law),
209
,
212
,
302
,
323
,
331

Legg, Martha Nash (sister),
39
,
170
,
209
,
283
,
387

Alicia Nash’s letter to,
340

Esmiol contacted by,
321

on John Nash, Sr.,
26

Levinson’s letter to,
322

Mele contacted by,
310

Nash committed to Dejarnette by,
331

Nash’s 1962 European trip and,
301

on Nash’s childhood,
32
–33

and Nash’s commitment to Carrier,
304
,
306
,
307
–8

on Nash’s desire to leave MIT,
235

Nash’s divorce and,
302

Nash’s letters to,
169
,
181
,
279
,
282
,
301
,
310
,
314
,
316
–17,
318
,
319
–20

Nash’s 1959–60 European stay and,
272
,
279
,
282

Nash’s present relationship with,
383

Nash’s Roanoke years and,
323
,
330

Nash’s Trenton State hospitalization and,
287
,
288
,
290
,
291

at Nash’s wedding,
212

and onset of Nash’s schizophrenia,
249
,
251

sanctuary search revealed to,
302

on trip to California,
147
–48

World War II and,
35
–36

Lemke, Carl,
339

Leonard, Robert,
52
,
84
,
86
,
94
,
363

Leray, Jean,
236
,
285
,
298
,
300

Lettvin, Jerome,
134
,
250

Levinson, Norman,
135
,
143
,
153
,
155
,
200
,
320

background of,
137
–38

McCarthyism and,
153
–54,
187

Nash’s Brandeis post supported by,
313
,
314

Nash’s McLean commitment and,
254
,
257

on Nash’s parsimony,
233

Nash’s professorship and,
162
–63

Nash’s resignation and,
265

and onset of Nash’s schizophrenia,
243
,
244

Riemann Hypothesis and,
230

Riemannian manifolds and,
158
,
160
,
161
,
163

Levinson, Zipporah “Fagi,”
136
,
137
,
144
,
172
,
264
,
265
,
322

on Alicia Nash,
223

Alicia Nash aided by,
262

John Charles Nash’s birth and,
263
–64

Nash monitored by,
320

Nash’s belongings moved by,
322

Nash’s McLean commitment and,
255
,
259
,
260

sublet arranged by,
319

Lewin, Roger,
335

Lewis, John L.,
28

Lewy, Hans,
221

Lide, David,
41

Life,
32,
244

Life, game of,
158

Lincoln Laboratory,
13
3

Lindbeck, Assar,
356
,
359
–73

Littlewood, J. E.,
130

Locke, John,
94

Lofgren, Karl-Gustaf,
359
–60,
364

logic,
65

Lopez-Harrison de Larde, Alicia (mother-in-law),
191
,
192
,
194
,
201
,
342