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A Beautiful Mind

Sylvia Nasar

Relates how mathematical genius John Forbes Nash, Jr., suffered a breakdown at age thirty-one and was diagnosed with schizophrenia, but experienced a remission of his illness thirty years later.

BiographyBiography · medium confidenceBiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Biography -> BiographyAward Category: National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography -> BiographyAward Category: Biography -> BiographyIntellectual BiographyMental Health & PsychologyMemoir & Personal History

Award History

1 wins · 2 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
National Book Critics Circle Award for BiographyMajor1998WinnerSecondary source
Pulitzer Prize in Biography or AutobiographyMajor1999FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • John Forbes Nash, Jr.90%

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    John Forbes Nash, Jr. experienced a breakdown and was diagnosed with schizophrenia, later reaching remission about thirty years afterward.

    Model confidence 78%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    28 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 82%.