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John Nash was a Nobel Prize winning mathematician who made fundamental contributions to game theory and whose life story was dramatized in the film A Beautiful Mind. He struggled with schizophrenia for much of his life but continued his groundbreaking work in mathematics. The document also provides biographical details about Nash's personal and professional life and accomplishments.

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John Nash and Ron Clark
John Nash June 13, 1928 American Mathematician and Economist Senior Research Mathematician in Princeton University
“ This man is a genius” He shared the 1994 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences with game theorists Reinhard Selten, John Nash and John Harsanyi
1947 : Hex Game Each player has an allocated color. Players take turns placing a stone of their color on a single cell within the overall playing board. The goal is to form a connected path of your stones linking the opposing sides of the board marked by your colors, before your opponent connects his sides in a similar fashion. The first player to complete his connection wins the game.
Family Life 1957 – Alicia Lopez Harrison de Larde 1958 – signs of schizophrenia 1959 – mental hospital baby son: John Charles Martin Nash
Family Life 1963 – divorced 1970 – reunited, nonromantic relationship 1978 – John von Neumann theory Prize for discovery of non-cooperative equilibrium 1994 – Noble prize – renewed relationship 2001 – remarried (73+68)
John Nash: a beautiful mind 1998 - bestseller book, Sylvia Nascar 2001 – Hollywood movie Starring Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly - Nominated for 8 Oscars and winning 4
Fiction in “A Beautiful Mind”, 2001 Hallucinations; Pen ceremony tradition “ I take the newer medications” (1970) No acceptance speech for Noble Prize
Magic Numbers ACROSS 1 A perfect cube:3*3*3 5 If you are dressed up to the ..., you are wearing fancy clothes 6 If a man hasn't shaved for a day or two, they say he has a ... o'clock shadow 9 Fortune knocks ... at every man's door 11These numbers denote a quantity but not the order 13If you begin to draw conclusions about something, you put ... and ... together 14Habit is ... nature 15Unlucky number 16Things that are very cheap and common are ... a penny DOWN 2 A stitch in time saves ... 3 If someone talks very fast, they talk ... to the dozen 4 George Washington was the ... president of the USA 7 When is St.Valentine Day celebrated? 8 The number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros 10A period of 10 years 12USA consist of _ _ states 13The basic of education are sometimes called "the ... R's"
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Ron Clark October 24, 1972 Ron Clark is an American teacher who has worked with disadvantaged students in rural North Carolina and Harlem, New York City. He is known for his books and multiple teaching awards.
Accolades Clark is known for his ability to raise test scores by using unique and innovative methods that incorporate innovation, creativity and 55 classroom rules. He has appeared on many national TV shows, including two appearances on the Oprah Winfrey Show.
Accolades Clark received the 2001 Disney Teacher of the Year award.
The Ron Clark Story Clark's first year spent in Harlem was the focus of a 2006 made-for-TV movie, The Ron Clark Story, starring Matthew Perry.
The Ron Clark Academy: www.ronclarkacademy.com Location: southwest Atlanta, Georgia, and accommodates 5 th -8 th grade students from low-income families. The academy was established on June 25, 2007. Classes began for students on September 4, 2007. Clark had planned to build the school for ten years before construction began.
Student population The students are from low-income families. Students must go through an application process in order to be accepted into the school. Only 50 students were accepted out of 350 applications the first school year.
Technology and facilities Each classroom provides students with technology such as notebook computers, interactive whiteboards, digital cameras, projectors, and audio video equipment. In addition to the technologically-equipped classrooms, the school provides students with accessible amenities such as a recording studio, a dark room, a two-story vaulted ceiling library, a gymnasium, and a dance studio.
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Books Ron has written two books. The first, called The Essential 55: An Award-Winning Educator's Rules for Discovering the Successful Student in Every Child (2003), is being published in 25 countries. In 2004 he followed with The Excellent 11: Qualities Teachers and Parents Use to Motivate, Inspire, and Educate Children. Price: $13.57
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Prominent Americans in Hollywood movies

  • 1. John Nash and Ron Clark
  • 2. John Nash June 13, 1928 American Mathematician and Economist Senior Research Mathematician in Princeton University
  • 3. “ This man is a genius” He shared the 1994 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences with game theorists Reinhard Selten, John Nash and John Harsanyi
  • 4. 1947 : Hex Game Each player has an allocated color. Players take turns placing a stone of their color on a single cell within the overall playing board. The goal is to form a connected path of your stones linking the opposing sides of the board marked by your colors, before your opponent connects his sides in a similar fashion. The first player to complete his connection wins the game.
  • 5. Family Life 1957 – Alicia Lopez Harrison de Larde 1958 – signs of schizophrenia 1959 – mental hospital baby son: John Charles Martin Nash
  • 6. Family Life 1963 – divorced 1970 – reunited, nonromantic relationship 1978 – John von Neumann theory Prize for discovery of non-cooperative equilibrium 1994 – Noble prize – renewed relationship 2001 – remarried (73+68)
  • 7. John Nash: a beautiful mind 1998 - bestseller book, Sylvia Nascar 2001 – Hollywood movie Starring Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly - Nominated for 8 Oscars and winning 4
  • 8. Fiction in “A Beautiful Mind”, 2001 Hallucinations; Pen ceremony tradition “ I take the newer medications” (1970) No acceptance speech for Noble Prize
  • 9. Magic Numbers ACROSS 1 A perfect cube:3*3*3 5 If you are dressed up to the ..., you are wearing fancy clothes 6 If a man hasn't shaved for a day or two, they say he has a ... o'clock shadow 9 Fortune knocks ... at every man's door 11These numbers denote a quantity but not the order 13If you begin to draw conclusions about something, you put ... and ... together 14Habit is ... nature 15Unlucky number 16Things that are very cheap and common are ... a penny DOWN 2 A stitch in time saves ... 3 If someone talks very fast, they talk ... to the dozen 4 George Washington was the ... president of the USA 7 When is St.Valentine Day celebrated? 8 The number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros 10A period of 10 years 12USA consist of _ _ states 13The basic of education are sometimes called "the ... R's"
  • 11. Ron Clark October 24, 1972 Ron Clark is an American teacher who has worked with disadvantaged students in rural North Carolina and Harlem, New York City. He is known for his books and multiple teaching awards.
  • 12. Accolades Clark is known for his ability to raise test scores by using unique and innovative methods that incorporate innovation, creativity and 55 classroom rules. He has appeared on many national TV shows, including two appearances on the Oprah Winfrey Show.
  • 13. Accolades Clark received the 2001 Disney Teacher of the Year award.
  • 14. The Ron Clark Story Clark's first year spent in Harlem was the focus of a 2006 made-for-TV movie, The Ron Clark Story, starring Matthew Perry.
  • 15. The Ron Clark Academy: www.ronclarkacademy.com Location: southwest Atlanta, Georgia, and accommodates 5 th -8 th grade students from low-income families. The academy was established on June 25, 2007. Classes began for students on September 4, 2007. Clark had planned to build the school for ten years before construction began.
  • 16. Student population The students are from low-income families. Students must go through an application process in order to be accepted into the school. Only 50 students were accepted out of 350 applications the first school year.
  • 17. Technology and facilities Each classroom provides students with technology such as notebook computers, interactive whiteboards, digital cameras, projectors, and audio video equipment. In addition to the technologically-equipped classrooms, the school provides students with accessible amenities such as a recording studio, a dark room, a two-story vaulted ceiling library, a gymnasium, and a dance studio.
  • 19. Books Ron has written two books. The first, called The Essential 55: An Award-Winning Educator's Rules for Discovering the Successful Student in Every Child (2003), is being published in 25 countries. In 2004 he followed with The Excellent 11: Qualities Teachers and Parents Use to Motivate, Inspire, and Educate Children. Price: $13.57