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Nash’s 1962 European trip and,
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,
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in Nash’s class,
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–97

Nash’s contemplation of marriage with,
210
–12

Nash’s courtship with,
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–202

Nash’s divorce threat against,
262

Nash’s Geneva stay and,
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,
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,
279

on Nash’s remission,
349

Nash’s Trenton State hospitalization and,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Nobel Prize and,
383

and onset of Nash’s schizophrenia,
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,
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248
–52

potential reconciliation with,
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pregnancy of,
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–64

renewal of marriage of,
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–86

on return from Europe,
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,
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sex discrimination suit filed by,
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–43

son of,
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Nash, John Charles Martin

Virginia Nash introduced to,
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von Neumann prize and,
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wedding of,
212

Nash, Jesse (uncle),
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Nash, John Charles Martin (son),
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–64,
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Alicia Lopez-Harrison’s care of,
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birth of,
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–64

Boston visited by,
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brought to Europe,
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–77,
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computer seen as therapeutic for,
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custody of,
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fundamentalism of,
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John Stier’s first meeting with,
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math studies of,
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–46

medication refused by,
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,
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mental problems of,
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–44,
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,
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–385

Nash’s relationship.with,
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,-383–85,
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Nash’s separations from,
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Nobel Prize and,
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at Trenton State Hospital,
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von Neumann prize and,
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Nash, John F., Jr.

alien races and,
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–42,
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,
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assessment of schizophrenia diagnosis for,
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–53

assessment of work of,
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–12

authority disdained by,
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autobiographical essay of,
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–25,
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birth of,
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blackboard messages left by,
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–34

bombmaking by,
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at Brandeis,
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–22

at Carnegie Tech,
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–45,
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at Carrier Clinic,
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–8,
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–13

chemistry studied bv.
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childhood of,
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29
–39

citizenship renunciation attempted by,
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–72

classes avoided by,
68

computers admired by,
12

computer work of,
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–37,
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,
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delusions of,
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–28,
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diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia,
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–59

dismissed from RAND,
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–89

divorce considered by,
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draft avoided by,
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–27

draft feared by,
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drug treatments of,
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–17

earliest memories of,
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early education of,
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early mathematical talent of,
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East Germany stay of,
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engineering studied by,
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faculty position sought by,
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fellow students questioned by,
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French studies of,
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–98

games invented by,
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–78,
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generals passed by,
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–93

Geneva stay of,
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graduate studies of,
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–47,
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–98

handedness of,
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hospitalization feared by,
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indecent exposure charge against,
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–189,
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initial recovery of,
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insulin coma therapy of,
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–94,
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intellectual independence sought by,
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as introverted child,
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investments of,
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job sought for,
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–85,
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at McLean Hospital,
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–61

marriage of,
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Nash, Alicia Larde

mathematics chosen by,
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1959–60 European stay of,
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–82

1962 European trip of,
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1964 European trip of,
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–12

1967 West Coast trip of,
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–22

Nobel prize announced to,
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onset of schizophrenia in,
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–19,
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–52

passport destroyed or discarded by,
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physical description of,
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pranks played by,
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,
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,
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,
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professorship gained by,
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–163

psychotherapy of,
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Putnam award and,
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–44

racial views of,
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–68,
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reading avoided by,
68

refugee status sought by,
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–80,
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remission of,
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,
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–55,
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–82

Roanoke years of,
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–31

science experiments of,
32

science fiction as interest of,
12

security clearance of,
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Shapley’s friendship with,
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–103

shock treatments and,
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–17,
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,
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,
304

single economics course of,
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–91

sociability encouraged in,
33

sons of,
see
Nash, John Charles Martin;

Stier, John David

stock market as interest of,
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,
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summer jobs of,
33

teaching by,
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–41,
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,
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240
–41

teasing of,
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42

thesis of,
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–96,
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at Trenton State Hospital,
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–94,
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,
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vegetarianism of,
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violence of,
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von Neumann prize awarded to,
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–39,
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whistling of,
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–42,
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Nash, John F., Sr. (father),
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–34,
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background and childhood of,
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death of,
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health problems of,
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–9

Japanese invasion feared by,
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–36

John Stier and,
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New York trip of,
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–9

West Point suggested by,
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Nash, Margaret Virginia Martin (mother),
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–34,
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Alicia Larde introduced to,
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Carrier commitment and,
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–308

death of,
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–31

John Nash, Sr.’s death and,
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–10

John Stier and,
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Nash’s divorce and,
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Nash’s education fostered by,
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Nash’s investments for,
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Nash’s letters to,
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–20

Nash’s McLean commitment and,
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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,
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–30

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

nervous breakdown of,
27
,
272

New York trip of,
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and onset of Nash’s schizophrenia,
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251

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