The Essential John Nash

[SallyBrown]

The Essential John Nash#0

Posted: 6/25/05 at 10:16pm

So I decided to suck up my fear of the HUGE words in this book and try it out. I'm usually good with vocab words, but this is hard. Actually, I had to read a sentance 5 times, then look up definitions to truly understand it. And that was one sentance.

However, I hear it's an amazing book, better than the movie, so I figure, if it takes me some time but it's really great in the end, then it's worth it.

How here has read it? What do you think?

"It's a great feeling of power to be naked in front of people. We're happy to watch actual incredible graphic violence and gore, but as soon as somebody's naked it seems like the public goes a bit bananas about the whole thing."

Updated On: 6/25/05 at 10:16 PM

[SallyBrown]

The Essential John Nash#1

Posted: 6/25/05 at 10:20pm

p.s. I fully lied. The book is called "The Essential John Nash", I got confused with "A BEautiful Mind" book. But in my previous post, I'm refering to The Essential John Nash.

"It's a great feeling of power to be naked in front of people. We're happy to watch actual incredible graphic violence and gore, but as soon as somebody's naked it seems like the public goes a bit bananas about the whole thing."

[Plum]

re: A Beautiful Mind - The Book#2

Posted: 6/25/05 at 10:20pm

I liked the book better than the movie, which was alright but mostly carried by Russell Crowe. I actually thought the author did a pretty good job of explaining the math, much of which was completely over my head.

[SallyBrown]

re: A Beautiful Mind - The Book#3

Posted: 6/25/05 at 10:21pm

That's true. Do you mean A Beautiful Mind or The Essential John Nash? I had a mis-post, but I did read A Beautiful Mind so either way...

"It's a great feeling of power to be naked in front of people. We're happy to watch actual incredible graphic violence and gore, but as soon as somebody's naked it seems like the public goes a bit bananas about the whole thing."

[Plum]

re: A Beautiful Mind - The Book#4

Posted: 6/25/05 at 10:30pm

Ah, I meant A Beautiful Mind.
Updated On: 6/25/05 at 10:30 PM

[SallyBrown]

re: A Beautiful Mind - The Book#5

Posted: 6/25/05 at 10:33pm

Oh okay. Well in that case, you're right, they did a good job explaining the math. And yes, it is better than the movie.


p.s. on a side note, I was surprised to find out that Russell Crowe actually didn't win the Oscar for that movie. I love Denzel, but I thought Russel deserved it for this movie.

"It's a great feeling of power to be naked in front of people. We're happy to watch actual incredible graphic violence and gore, but as soon as somebody's naked it seems like the public goes a bit bananas about the whole thing."

[Unknown User]

re: A Beautiful Mind - The Book#6

Posted: 6/25/05 at 10:47pm

I thought this thread was about the English architect, John Nash.

How dumb of me.