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On the recordFebruary 8, 2002
a few weeks ago I saw a movie called ``A Beautiful Mind.'' It is based upon a true story of a man by the name of John Nash who is a mathematician from Blue Field, WV. He is probably one of smartest men ever born on this Earth. I was so fascinated by the movie that I read the book which was the basis for the movie. The book was even more intriguing, interesting, and fascinating than the movie. It was a thick book. It read like a novel. I couldn't put it down. This brilliant man could see the solution to the most complicated math problems. He could see a solution to the problem before he determined how the solution came about. Most people work the other way. They work up to finding a solution. He knew the solution. After he found the solution, he would work out the problems so other people could understand how he arrived at the solution. Just one example: He won a Nobel Prize for what is called game theory in economics.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing the life and achievements of mathematician John Nash.

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