Nobel Prize winner John Forbes Nash, Jr., 86, was killed in a car accident on May 23, 2015 along with his wife, Alicia, who was 82. Nash's story was told in " A Beautiful Mind," a book adapted into a major Hollywood film starring Russell Crowe as Nash. Nash made major breakthroughs in the sub-field of math and economics known as game theory while suffering from paranoid schizophrenia that led to several stays in institutions. Nash's research examined the outcome of cooperation and mutual benefit. He often spoke of having to ignore the voices in his head- a man so interested in cooperation had trouble getting the rest of his own mind to cooperate with him. Here are ten quotes from Nash about his life's work and his mental illness.
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