Sylvia Nasar
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| Sylvia Nasar | |
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| Born | 17 August 1947 Rosenheim, Germany |
| Occupation | Journalist Biographer Professor of Journalism |
Sylvia Nasar (born 17 August 1947 in Rosenheim) is a German-born American economist and author, best known for her biography of John Forbes Nash, A Beautiful Mind.
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[edit] Early life and history
Nasar was born to a German mother and an Uzbek[citation needed] father, a CIA agent Ruzi Nazar (Nasar).[citation needed] Her family immigrated to the United States in 1951, then moved to Ankara, Turkey in 1960. She graduated from Antioch College in 1970, and earned a Masters' degree in Economics at New York University in 1976. For four years, she did research with Nobel Laureate Wassily Leontief. She is currently the Knight Chair in Business Journalism at Columbia University. Her husband is the economist Darryl McLeod. She has three children and lives in Tarrytown, New York.
[edit] A Beautiful Mind
In 1998, she published A Beautiful Mind, a biography of Nobel Prize-winning economist and mathematician John Forbes Nash, Jr.. The book is a detailed description of many aspects of Nash's life, and a close examination of his personality and motivations, and gives an interesting perspective on the stresses placed on personal and professional relationships by severe mental illness.[1]
The book won the 1998 National Book Critics Circle Award for biography, was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for biography, and was shortlisted for the Rhône-Poulenc Prize in 1999.[2]
[edit] Manifold Destiny
In the 28 August 2006 The New Yorker, Nasar's article "Manifold Destiny" contained the only interview with Grigori Perelman, who solved the Poincaré conjecture, but rejected the 2006 Fields Medal, and examined Fields Medalist S.T. Yau's response to Perelman's proof. Yau threatened to file a lawsuit, but never followed through.
[edit] Works
- A Beautiful Mind: A Biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics Simon & Schuster, 1994. ISBN 0684819066
- Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius Simon & Schuster, Sept. 13, 2011. ISBN 9780684872988
[edit] References
- ^ "A Beautiful Mind (review)". http://bluerectangle.com/book_reviews/view_one_review/2301. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
- ^ Prizes for Science Books previous winners and shortlists, The Royal Society website
[edit] External links
- Sylvia Nasar Official Website
- Columbia University Faculty Page
- Interview
- Biography by Royce Carlton Inc.
- Lecture by Nasar
- Manifold Destiny by Sylvia Nasar & David Gruber
- Sylvia Nasar at the Internet Movie Database
- A film clip "The Open Mind - "A Beautiful Mind" by Sylvia Nasar (September 27, 2007)" is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]
