A Beautiful Mind

Chapter 32

17. Enrique Larde, interview, 12.21.95.

18. John Danskin, interview, 10.19.95.

19. Alicia Nash, interview, 7.1.97.

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1. Postcard from John Nash to Virginia Nash, 7.18.59.

2. Ibid., 7.20.59.

3. Janet Flanner, Paris Journal 19441965 Paris Journal 19441965 (New York: Atheneum, 1965). (New York: Atheneum, 1965).

4. John Moore, interview, 10.6.97.

5. Alicia Nash, interview, 8.15.97.

6. Odette Larde, interview, 12.8.95.

7. International Herald Tribune, International Herald Tribune, 7.10.59, 7.11.59, 7.12.59, 8.7.59. 7.10.59, 7.11.59, 7.12.59, 8.7.59.

8. Interviews with Joseph Baratta, historian, 8.12.97; Francis Bourne, 8.12.97; David Gallup, attorney, 8.12.97.

9. New York Times, New York Times, 5.27.48; Garry Davis, World Citizen Foundation, interview, 8.13.97. See also Art Buchwald, 5.27.48; Garry Davis, World Citizen Foundation, interview, 8.13.97. See also Art Buchwald, I"ll Always Have Paris I"ll Always Have Paris (New York: G. P. Putnam & Sons, 1996), and Garrv Davis, (New York: G. P. Putnam & Sons, 1996), and Garrv Davis, Mv Countrv Is the World: The Adventures of a World Citizen Mv Countrv Is the World: The Adventures of a World Citizen (New York: G. P. Putnam & Sons, 1961). (New York: G. P. Putnam & Sons, 1961).

10. New York Times, New York Times, 9.18.48. 9.18.48.

11. International Herald Tribune, International Herald Tribune, 6.16.49. 6.16.49.

12. Buchwald, op. cit.

13. International Herald Tribune, International Herald Tribune, 6.16.49. 6.16.49.

14. Louis Sa.s.s, Madness and Modernism, Madness and Modernism, op. cit., pp. 32425. op. cit., pp. 32425.

15. Postcard from J. Nash to V. Nash, 7.29.59.

16. Section 1481 of the 1941 Immigration and Naturalization Act.

17. Edward A. Betancourt, Overseas Citizens Services, Immigration and Naturalization Service, interview, 8.26.97.

18. 1941 Immigration and Naturalization Act.

19. John Nash, plenary lecture, World Congress of Psychiatry, Madrid, 8.26.96, op. cit.

20. Martha Nash Legg, interview, 3.29.96.

21. Armand Borel, interview, 3.1.96.

22. Postcard from J. Nash to V. Nash, 7.31.59.

23. Ibid.

24. Denis Brian, Einstein: A Life, Einstein: A Life, op. cit. op. cit.

25. International Herald Tribune, International Herald Tribune, various issues, August 1959. various issues, August 1959.

26. John Nash, plenary lecture, op. cit.

27. See, for example, Paul Hofmann, Switzerland Switzerland (New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1994). (New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1994).

28. Mary Wollstonecraft Sh.e.l.ley, Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus (New York: Penguin, 1985). (New York: Penguin, 1985).

29. Postcard from J. Nash to V. Nash, 8.12.59.

30. As quoted by Sa.s.s, op. cit.

31. Letter from John Nash to Lars Hormander, 2.10.60.

32. Zurbuchen, Le Directeur, Controle de l"Habitant, Geneva, 9.29.59, provided by Schweizerisches Bundesarchiv.

33. Franz Kafka, The Castle The Castle (New York: Scholastic Books, 1992), with an introduction by Irving Howe. (New York: Scholastic Books, 1992), with an introduction by Irving Howe.

34. Ibid.

35. Ibid.

36. Postcard from J. Nash to V. Nash, 9.28.59.

37. Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees of July 28, 1951, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva.

38. Zurbuchen, op. cit.

39. Ibid.

40. Direktion der Eidg. Militarverwaltung, Berne to Controle de l"Habitant, Geneva, 11.21.59.

41. John Nash, plenary lecture, op. cit.

42. Ibid.

43. Harold Kuhn, interview, 1.95.

44. John Haslam, as quoted by Sa.s.s, op. cit.

45. Sa.s.s, op. cit.

46. Postcard from J. Nash to V. Nash, 9.28.59.

47. Letter from M. Legg to John Nash, 9.59.

48. A. Nash, interview.

49. Telegram from Amory Houghton, U.S. amba.s.sador to France, to Secretary of State Christian A. Herter, 12.15.59.

50. Letter from J. Nash to L. Hormander, from Paris, 1.18.60.

51. Postcard from J. Nash to V. Nash, 10.11.59.

52. After returning to the U.S., Nash claimed to be a resident of Liechtenstein, which levied no income tax, and refused to sign U.S. tax forms (source: H. Kuhn, interview, 8.92).

53. O. Larde, interview, 12.8.96.

54. Letter from John Nash to Virginia Nash, 11.10.59.

55. The anecdote concerns Paul Erdos and was told by Donald Spencer, interview, 11.28.95.

56. O. Larde, interview, 12.8.95.

57. M. Legg, interview, 3.29.96.

58. Sa.s.s, op. cit.

59. Letter from John Nash to Norbert Wiener, 12.9.95.

60. Letter from J. Nash to V. Nash, 12.13.59.

61. Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis (New York: Schocken Books, 1995). (New York: Schocken Books, 1995).

62. Irving Howe introduction, Kafka, The Castle, The Castle, op. cit. op. cit.

63. James M. Gla.s.s, Delusion Delusion (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985). (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985).

64. Telegram from A. Houghton to C. A. Herter.

65. Telegram from Henrv S. Villard, U.S. consul to Switzerland, to Secretary of State Christian A. Herter, 12.16.59.

66. Ibid.

67. Theodore Friend, obituary of Edward Hill c.o.x, 8.4.75, Swarthmore College Archive.

68. A. Nash, interview.

69. Telegram from A. Houghton to C. A. Herter.

70. Telegram from H. S. Villard to C. A. Herter.

71. Letter from J. Nash to V. Nash, 12.26.59; O. Larde, interview, 12.8.95.

72. O. Larde, interview, 12.8.95.

73. Shiing-shen Chern, professor of mathematics, University of California at Berkeley, interview, 6.17.97.

74. A. Nash, interview.

75. "Alexandre Grothendieck," History of Mathematics Archive, School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, University of St. Andrews, Scotland; see also interviews with Nick Katz, professor of mathematics, Princeton University, 8.26.97; Arthur Mattuck, 9.19.97; Paulo Ribenboim, professor of mathematics, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 9.28.97; Tony Phillips, 8.26.97.

76. O. Larde, interview, 12.8.85.

77. A. Nash, interview.

78. Felix Browder, interview, 9.6.97. See also Larkin Farinholt"s obituary, New York Times, New York Times, 7.17.90, for details of his career. 7.17.90, for details of his career.

79. Letter from J. Nash to L. Hormander, 2.10.60.

80. John Nash, plenary lecture, op. cit.

81. Letter from Lars Hormander to John Nash, 2.12.60.

82. Postcard from J. Nash to V. Nash, 3.2.60.

83. John Nash, conversation with author, 6.25.95.

84. F. Browder, interview.

85. Ibid.

86. Letter from J. Nash to V. Nash, 3.60.

87. Michael Artin, interview, 12.12.95.

88. Al Vasquez, interview, 6.17.97.

89. Cathleen Morawetz, interview, 2.29.96.

90. John Danskin, interview, 10.19.95.

91. M. Legg, interview.

92. Eleanor Stier, interview, 3.18.96.

93. Letter from J. Nash to V. Nash, 4.9.60.