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'''John Forbes Nash, Jr.''' (born [[June 13]] [[1928]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[mathematician]] who works in [[game theory]] and [[differential geometry]]. He shared the [[1994]] [[Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel|Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences]] (also called the Nobel Prize in Economics) with two other game theorists, [[Reinhard Selten]] and [[John Harsanyi]]. He is best known in popular culture as the subject of the Hollywood movie, ''[[A Beautiful Mind (film)|A Beautiful Mind]]'', about his mathematical genius and his struggles with [[schizophrenia]].
== Childhood and you are so stupid ==
On [[June 13]] [[1928]], John Forbes Nash was born in the [[Appalachia|Appalachian]] city of [[Bluefield, West Virginia]], son of John Nash Sr., an electrical engineer and graduate of [[Texas A&M University]], and Virginia Martin, a teacher.
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Martha, his younger sister, seems to have been a remarkably normal child, while John seemed different from other children. She wrote later in life: "Johnny was always different. [My parents] knew he was different. And they knew he was bright. He always wanted to do things his way. Mother insisted I do things for him, that I include him in my friendships... but I wasn't too keen on showing off my somewhat odd brother." <ref>Nasar, Sylvia. ''[[A Beautiful Mind (book)|A Beautiful Mind]]'', page 32. [[Simon & Schuster]], 1998</ref>
In his autobiography, Nash notes that it was [[E.T. Bell]]'s book, ''[[Men of Mathematics]]''—in particular, the essay on [[Fermat]]—that first sparked his interest in mathematics.
== Education and early career ==
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