He is 84 years old today. This is a 1 hour PBS documentary from 2002. Thanks to Paola Manzini for the pointer.
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June 14, 2012 at 2:18 am
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[…] – John Nash was 84 yesterday. Happy Birthday. […]
June 17, 2012 at 10:14 am
malcolm
I show this film in my game theory class.My favorite moment is when a mathematician explains how John Nash told him how to solve a particularly vexing problem — in a dream! And he credited Nash with the solution in the paper because he wouldn’t have come to that solution on his own.
June 17, 2012 at 10:41 am
jeff
Yeah that is pretty amazing.