American Experience
Season 14 Episode 12 - A Brilliant Madness
Mathematics genius John Nash recalls his bout with schizophrenia (the subject dramatized in the Oscar-winning film "A Beautiful Mind"). Nash is joined by his wife, Alicia; son John Stier; colleagues; and author Sylvia Nasar, who wrote the book from which the movie was adapted. They (and narrator Liev Schreiber) recall Nash's prodigious intellect, arrogant demeanor and odd behavior. He developed his "equilibrium point" theory as a student, but then lost his own equilibrium. It would take 30 years, but the theory would come to revolutionize economics and win him the Nobel Prize. And Nash would regain his mind.
Episodes in Season 14
New York (6): The City of Tomorrow
55 min
New York (7): The City and the World
55 min
War Letters
55 min
Woodrow Wilson (1): A Passionate Man
55 min
Woodrow Wilson (2): The Redemption of the World
55 min
Mount Rushmore
55 min
Miss America
55 min
Zoot Suit Riots
55 min
Monkey Trial
55 min
Public Enemy #1
55 min
Ansel Adams
55 min
A Brilliant Madness
55 min
Ulysses S. Grant (1): The Warrior
55 min
Ulysses S. Grant (2): The President
55 min
