Quote by: John Forbes Nash, Jr.

I had been offered fellowships to enter as a graduate student at either Harvard or Princeton. But the Princeton fellowship was somewhat more generous, since I had not actually won the Putnam competition... Thus Princeton became the choice for my graduate study location.


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  • NameJohn Forbes Nash, Jr.
  • DescriptionAmerican mathematician and Nobel Prize laureate
  • AliasesJohn Forbes Nash, Jr.; John Forbes Nash Jr.; John Nash; The Phantom of Fine Hall
  • BornJune 13, 1928
  • DiedMay 23, 2015
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionMathematician; Economist
  • AwardsNobel Memorial Prize In Economic Sciences; John Von Neumann Theory Prize; Abel Prize; Leroy P. Steele Prize