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European trip of,
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–77,
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,
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John Charles Nash in care of,
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,
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,
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,
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John Charles Nash’s mental problems and,
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,
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United States left by,
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Louthan, John,
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–39

Lowell, Robert,
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,
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,
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–57,
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Lucas, Robert,
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Luce, R. Duncan,
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McAfee, Preston,
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McCarthy, John,
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McCarthy, Joseph,
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,
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McCarthyism,
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–54,
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McCormick, Mrs.,
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McDonald, John,
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Mackey, George,
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McKinsey, J. C. C,
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McLean Hospital,
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–61

description of,
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optimism at,
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treatment philosophy of,
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McMillan, John,
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,
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Mad Hatter’s Tea,
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Magee, Harold,
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Maler, Karl-Goran,
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Malgrange, Bernard,
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Manganaro, Jim,
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Manhattan Project,
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MANIAC,
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manic depressive illness (bipolar disorder),
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manifolds, algebraic,
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–24,
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manifolds, Riemannian, embedding of,
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–63,
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Mao Tse-Tung,
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Marshall, Alfred,
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Marshall University,
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Martha Washington College,
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Martin, Emma (grandmother),
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,
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Martin, James Everett (grandfather),
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Martin, Lucy,
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Martin, Margaret Virginia (mother),
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Nash, Margaret Virginia Martin

Martin, William Ted,
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Michigan position arranged by,
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Nash’s McLean commitment and,
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and Nash’s professorship,
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Nash’s resignation and,
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Nash’s tenure and,
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and onset of Nash’s schizophrenia,
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senior seminar arranged by,
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Martinez, Maximiliano Hernandez,
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Marx, Karl,
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Marymount School,
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Mary Nash College for Women,
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Maskin, Eric,
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),
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,
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–46,
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–63

Alicia Larde accepted to,
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description of,
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game theory seminar at,
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McCarthyism at,
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Nash’s resignation from,
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Nash’s tenure hopes at,
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Nash’s unhappiness at,
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Nash’s visiting position at,
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Matewan,
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Mathematical Intelligencer, The,
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,
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Mathematician’s Apology, The
(Hardy),
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mathematics:

competition in,
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–29

Hilbert program in,
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in World War II,
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–57,
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Mathematische Grundlagen der
Quanteninechanik
(von Neumann),
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,
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Mattson, John Otto,
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Mattuck, Arthur,
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–68,
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on Forrester,
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John Stier and,
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Nash’s illness and,
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Nash’s McLean commitment and,
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,
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Mazur, Barry,
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,
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Meder, Albert E., Jr.,
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Meitner, Lise,
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Mele, Howard S.,
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–8,
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,
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–13

Men of Mathematics
(Bell),
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–35,
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–31

“Metamorphosis, The” (Kafka),
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meteorology,
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Michigan, University of,
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,
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,
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–4

Milgrom, Paul,
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–77

Miller, James,
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Milnor, John,
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–9,
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Alicia Nash’s driving lessons from,
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at International Mathematical Congress,
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knotted curves paper of,
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on Nash’s 1960s work,
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Nash’s board game and,
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,
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on Nash’s speculative questions,
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–69

one-year Princeton post arranged by,
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–10,
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on Princeton student life,
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at RAND,
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,
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–51

on trip to California,
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–48

min-max theorem,
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,
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,
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,
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Minsky, Gloria,
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Minsky, Marvin L.,
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MIT,
see
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Möbius strip,
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Montgomery, Deane,
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,
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–9

Mood, Alexander,
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,
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–14,
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Moore, John Coleman,
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,
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–42,
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C. L. E. Moore instructorships,
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Morawetz, Cathleen Synge,
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Morgenstern, Oskar,
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background of,
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game-theory conference organized by,
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Nash’s potential job with,
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–85,
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Morse, Marston,
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,
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,
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Moser, Gertrude,
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Moser, Jürgen,
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,
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on Fields deliberations,
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funds raised by,
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Nash paper refereed by,
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Nash’s respect for,
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New Year’s Eve party of,
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–40

Riemannian manifolds and,
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,
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,
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,
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Moskovitz, David,
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Motchane, Leon,
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus,
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Mueller, Egbert,
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,
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Muse, Leonard,
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Myerson, Roger,
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,
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Myrdal, Gunnar,
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,
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Nagel, Bengt,
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Nalebuff, Barry,
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“Nash,”
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–78

Nash, Alexander Quincy (grandfather),
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Nash, Alicia Larde (wife),
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–202,
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,
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accepted at MIT,
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assessments of Nash’s relationship with,
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attracted to Nash,
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–98

background and childhood of,
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–94

breakdown of marriage of,
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Carrier commitment and,
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,
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Cohen and,
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death of father of,
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,
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early married life of,
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–23

Eleanor Stier’s meeting with,
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electroshock eschewed by,
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employment problems of,
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–43

European trip of,
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–34

informed of Nash’s Nobel,
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Italy trip of,
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John Charles Nash’s graduate studies encouraged by,
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John Charles Nash’s mental problems and,
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,
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Moore’s relationship with,
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Nash committed to McLean by,
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–61

Nash divorced by,
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–3,
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Nash offered housing by,
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