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A Beautiful Mind A Biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr.

Sylvia Nasar

In this dramatic and moving biography, Sylvia Nasar re-creates the life of a mathematical genius whose brilliant career was cut short by schizophrenia and who, after three decades of devastating mental illness, miraculously recovered and was honored with a Nobel Prize.

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Stuff You Should Know

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Stuff You Should Know

It was mentioned that the book and film were based on the life of John Nash, who was obsessed with the number 23 and claimed to have appeared on the cover of Life Magazine as Pope John XXIII.

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One of the most famous is John Nash the guy who's the mathematician whose life was dramatized in A Beautiful Mind both the book and the movie which is a great movie if I remember correctly but he was...

— Episode: Short Stuff: The Number 23

Episode: Short Stuff: The Number 23

It was mentioned that the book and film were based on the life of John Nash, who was obsessed with the number 23 and claimed to have appeared on the cover of Life Magazine as Pope John XXIII.

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One of the most famous is John Nash the guy who's the mathematician whose life was dramatized in A Beautiful Mind both the book and the movie which is a great movie if I remember correctly but he was obsessed with the number 23.

Episode: Short Stuff: The Number 23

It was mentioned as a book and movie, where the main character, John Nash, was obsessed with the number 23 and believed he was on the cover of Life magazine disguised as Pope John the 23rd.

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One of the most famous is John Nash the guy who's the mathematician whose life was dramatized in A Beautiful Mind both the book and the movie which is a great movie if I remember correctly but he was obsessed with the number 23.

Episode: Short Stuff: The Number 23

The book and subsequent movie, based on the life of John Nash, were mentioned as examples of Nash's obsession with the number 23.

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One of the most famous is John Nash the guy who's the mathematician whose life was dramatized in A Beautiful Mind both the book and the movie which is a great movie if I remember correctly but he was obsessed with the number 23.

Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast

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Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast

They mentioned the movie *A Beautiful Mind*, which is based on the book of the same name about a mathematician with schizophrenia.

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I'm thinking a beautiful mind was a good movie.

— Episode: Ep 415 - Simps and Pimps (feat. Ari Shaf...

Episode: Ep 415 - Simps and Pimps (feat. Ari Shaffir & Jame...

They mentioned the movie *A Beautiful Mind*, which is based on the book of the same name about a mathematician with schizophrenia.

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I'm thinking a beautiful mind was a good movie.

This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von

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This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von

The speaker referenced the movie 'A Beautiful Mind', which is based on the book of the same name, when describing the type of crazy that the stalker exhibits.

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He said, she's crazy, but she's like crazy. Like Russell Crowe, beautiful mind. Crazy.

— Episode: E323 Josh Wolf

Episode: E323 Josh Wolf

The speaker referenced the movie 'A Beautiful Mind', which is based on the book of the same name, when describing the type of crazy that the stalker exhibits.

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He said, she's crazy, but she's like crazy. Like Russell Crowe, beautiful mind. Crazy.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

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Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

John Nash was referenced by name and the title A Beautiful Mind was mentioned, alluding to the wellknown biography/film about the mathematician.

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We talked about game theorists like John Nash from A Beautiful Mind.

— Episode: Alison Wood Brooks (on the science of co...

Episode: Alison Wood Brooks (on the science of conversation...

John Nash was referenced by name and the title A Beautiful Mind was mentioned, alluding to the wellknown biography/film about the mathematician.

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We talked about game theorists like John Nash from A Beautiful Mind.

The Rewatchables

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The Rewatchables

The conversation listed it among Ron Howard's later works, noting that after Ransom and other titles, Howard directed the adaptation of A Beautiful Mind.

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He does Ransom. He does Ed TV, How the Grinch Stole Christmas and then A Beautiful Mind.

— Episode: ‘Ransom’ With Bill Simmons and Van Latha...

Episode: ‘Ransom’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan

The conversation listed it among Ron Howard's later works, noting that after Ransom and other titles, Howard directed the adaptation of A Beautiful Mind.

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He does Ransom. He does Ed TV, How the Grinch Stole Christmas and then A Beautiful Mind.

Morning Brew Daily

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Morning Brew Daily

The speaker referenced Russell Crowe's character in this book and movie to illustrate how he felt 'connected' to the topic of the day.

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I feel like Russell Crowe's character in A Beautiful Mind right now.

— Episode: TikTok Sues to Block US Ban & Is the New...

Episode: TikTok Sues to Block US Ban & Is the New iPad Wort...

The speaker referenced Russell Crowe's character in this book and movie to illustrate how he felt 'connected' to the topic of the day.

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I feel like Russell Crowe's character in A Beautiful Mind right now.

Morning Joe

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Morning Joe

The book and movie about John Nash were mentioned in the context of Donald Trump's unusual attachment to boxes, with staffers allegedly referring to them as his 'beautiful mind material'.

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So you're saying, Willie, I don't think they meant that as a compliment.

— Episode: Morning Joe 6/16/23

Episode: Morning Joe 6/16/23

The book and movie about John Nash were mentioned in the context of Donald Trump's unusual attachment to boxes, with staffers allegedly referring to them as his 'beautiful mind material'.

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So you're saying, Willie, I don't think they meant that as a compliment.

The staffers reportedly referred to the boxes as Trump's, quote, 'beautiful mind material' in reference to the book and movie about Nobel Prize winning mathematician John Nash.

So many people get unusually attached to other human beings or, you know, faiths or what, but he's unusually attached to those boxes.

He loved them. He was obsessed with them.

Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang

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Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang

It was compared to Bradley Cooper's 'Silver Linings Playbook', with the implication that it was a much better film.

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Your Silver Linings Playbook was no Beautiful Mind, your nose so crow, I don't think so honey, and your Star is Born is no Crazy Heart, you are you don't get to just Jeff Bridges, you have to earn you...

— Episode: "I Don't Think So, Honey! 12" Live in Se...

Episode: "I Don't Think So, Honey! 12" Live in Seattle

It was compared to Bradley Cooper's 'Silver Linings Playbook', with the implication that it was a much better film.

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Your Silver Linings Playbook was no Beautiful Mind, your nose so crow, I don't think so honey, and your Star is Born is no Crazy Heart, you are you don't get to just Jeff Bridges, you have to earn your Jeff Bridges.

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