63. Letter from Armand Borel to Norman Levinson, 5.17.67.

64. Greeting card from John Nash to Arthur Mattuck, 1.15.73.

65. Palais, interview.

66. Letter from John Nash to Jurgen Moser, 5.23.67.

67. Z. Levinson, interview, 11.15.96.

68. Letter from J. Nash to M. Legg, 6.26.67.

69. Z. Levinson, interview.

70. Anna Rosa Kohn, interview, 1.16.96.

71. Letter from Norman Levinson to Martha Nash Legg, 6.30.67.

44: A Man All Alone in a Strange World

1. Letter from John Nash to Arthur Mattuck, 8.5.68.

2. Ibid.

3. Letter from John Nash to a colleague, 1967.

4. Martha Nash Legg, interview, 3.2.96.

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

6. M. Legg, interview, 10.94.

7. Ibid., 8.31.95.

8. Letter from J. Nash to A. Mattuck, 8.8.67.

9. See, for example, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Press, 1987). Ming T. Tsuang, Stephen V. Faraone, and Max Day, "Schizophrenic Disorders," op. cit. (Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Press, 1987). Ming T. Tsuang, Stephen V. Faraone, and Max Day, "Schizophrenic Disorders," op. cit.

10. E. Fuller Torrey, Surviving Schizophrenia Surviving Schizophrenia (New York: Harper & Row, 1988). (New York: Harper & Row, 1988).

11. "...symptoms of clouded consciousness and disorientation in schizophrenia are relatively rare," Richard S. E. Keefe and Phillip D. Harvey, Understanding Schizophrenia, Understanding Schizophrenia, op. cit. op. cit.

12. Letter from J. Nash to A. Mattuck, 3.18.68.

13. See, for example, Torrey, op. cit. Also Gla.s.s, op. cit., and James Gla.s.s, professor of government and politics, University of Maryland, research affiliate of the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital, interview, 10.94.

14. Letter from J. Nash to A. Mattuck, 7.24.67.

15. Ibid., 8.8.67.

16. Ibid., 9.9.67.

17. Ibid., 10.7.67.

18. Ibid., 9.9.67.

19. Ibid., 1.10.68.

20. References to the story of Jacob and Esau appear in numerous letters and postcards written by Nash between 1967 and 1969, including 8.8.67, 9.25.67, 10.7.67, 11.8.67, 12.24.67, and 6.16.69.

21. Letter from J. Nash to A. Mattuck, 1.20.68.

22. Ibid., 2.22.68.

23. Ibid., 3.10.68.

24. Ibid., 6.16.69.

25. Letter from John Nash to Eleanor Stier, 8.20.68.

26. Letter from J. Nash to A. Mattuck, 8.11.67.

27. Ibid., 11.8.67.

28. Letter from J. Nash to A. Mattuck, 3.18.68.

29. Ibid., 2.27.68.

30. Ibid., 4.24.69.

31. See, for example, Keefe and Harvey, op. cit., p. 110.

32. Letter from J. Nash to A. Mattuck, 11.11.69.

33. See, for example, Keefe and Harvey, op. cit., pp. 67.

34. Peter Newman, interview, 12.12.95.

35. Letter from J. Nash to V. Nash, 8.8.68.

36. The example given combines phrases from two letters to Arthur Mattuck, 9.9.67 and 3.18.68. Nash ended virtually every letter in this period with a variation on this paragraph.

37. M. Legg, interview, 3.2.96. The account of the remainder of Nash's interlude in Roanoke comes from this interview.

45: Phantom of Fine Hall

1. Joseph Kohn, interview, 7.25.95.

2. David Raoul Derbes, University of Chicago, e-mail, 3.27.95; Daniel Rohrlich, University of Tel Aviv, e-mail, 9.3.97.

3. Derbes, e-mail.

4. Sylvain Cappell, professor of mathematics, Courant Inst.i.tute, 2.29.96.

5. Lee Mosher, professor of mathematics, Rutgers University at Newark, interview, 9.20.97.

6. Derbes, e-mail.

7. Mark Reboul, interview, 8.30.97.

8. Steven Ebstein, e-mail, 3.28.95.

9. Sara Beck, University of Tel Aviv, e-mail, 5.31.95.

10. Ibid.

11. Ibid.

12. Ibid.

13. Frank Wilczek, professor of physics, Inst.i.tute for Advanced Study, interview, 9.11.97.

14. Letter from Mark B. Schneider, professor of physics, Grinnell College, to author, 9.20.95.

15. Letter from David A. c.o.x, professor of mathematics, Amherst College, to author, 3.27.95.

16. Letter from M. Schneider to author, 9.28.95.

17. Mare D. Rayman, chief mission engineer, New Millennium Program, NASA, e-mail, 11.24.95.

18. Letter from M. Schneider to author.

19. Wilczek, interview.

20. Ibid.

21. Harold Kuhn, interview, 8.30.97.

22. Margaret Wertheim, "When 1 Plus 1 Makes Neither 2 Nor 11," New York Times, New York Times, 1997. 1997.

23. Hale Trotter, professor of mathematics, Princeton University, interview, 11.29.95.

24. Peter Cziffra, librarian, Fine Hall, interview, 8.26.97.

25. William Browder, interview, 12.6.95.

26. James Gla.s.s, interview, 10.94.

27. Ibid.

28. Roger Lewin, professor of psychiatry, University of Maryland, interview, 10.94.

29. Steven Bottone, e-mail, 9.2.97.

30. Daniel Feenberg, research a.s.sociate, National Bureau of Economic Research, interview, 10.94.

31. Trotter, interview, 9.11.97.

32. Reboul, interview.

33. Feenberg, interview.

34. Trotter, interview, 9.30.96.

35. Marc Fisher, reporter, Washington Post, Washington Post, e-mail, 3.29.95. e-mail, 3.29.95.

36. Charles Gillespie, professor of history, Princeton University, interview, 7.26.95.

37. Amir H. a.s.sadi, professor of mathematics, University of Wisconsin, interview, 12.13.95.

38. Kohn, interview.

39. Claudia Goldin, professor of economics, Harvard University, interview, 8.30.95.

40. Feenberg, interview.

41. Alicia Nash, interview, 12.6.97.

42. Interviews with Alan Hoffman, 10.94; Lloyd Shapley, 10.94; George Nemhauser, 8.29.97; Albert W. Tucker, 10.94.

43. Shapley, interview.

44. Ibid.

45. Nemhauser, interview.

46. Hoffman, interview.

47. Ibid.

46: A Quiet Life

1. Letter from Alicia Nash to Martha Nash Legg and Virginia Nash, 11.8.68.