Brilliant
Madness
Documentary
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min.)
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Brilliant Madness
is the story of a mathematical genius whose career was cut short by a
descent into madness. At the age of 30, John Nash, a stunningly original
and famously eccentric MIT mathematician, suddenly began claiming that
aliens were communicating with him and that he was a special messenger.
Diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, Nash spent the next three decades
in and out of mental hospitals, all but forgotten. During that time, a
proof he had written at the age of 20 became a foundation of modern
economic theory. In 1994, as Nash began to show signs of emerging from his
delusions, he was awarded a Nobel Prize in Economics. The program features
interviews with John Nash, his wife Alicia, his friends and colleagues,
and experts in game theory and mental illness.
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