Colombia’s Goal: More Success in Higher Education, More Opportunities for

Youth.

Presented by

LEONARDO ANDREY BARRETO GÓMEZ

Teacher
ELIANA TOVAR SALINAS

Cooperative University of Colombia

Faculty of Postrados
Specialization in University Teaching

Bogotá, october 21, 2018

1. According to the reading, what happened in the following years:

-1928: John Forbes Nash, Jr. (born June 13, 1928) is an American mathematician
whose works in game theory, differential geometry, and partial differential equations
have provided insight into the factors that govern chance and events inside complex
systems in daily life.

- 1948: Graduating in 1948 with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and a Master

of Science in Mathematics, he accepted a scholarship to Princeton University, where
he pursued further graduate studies in mathematics.

- 1959: Nash experienced the first symptoms of mental illness in early 1959, when
his wife was pregnant with their child.

- 1978: Nash was awarded the John von Neumann Theory Prize for his discovery
of non-cooperative equilibria, now called Nash equilibria.

- In 1994, he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (along with
John Harsanyi and Reinhard Selten) Nash received various honorary degrees from
different universities.

2. According to the reading, answer the following questions:

1. What is a beautiful mind?

Nash is the subject of the 2001 Hollywood movie A Beautiful Mind. The film, loosely
based on the biography of the same name, focuses on Nash's mathematical genius
and his schizophrenia.

2. What was Nash´s nationality?

North american.

3. When did he get a bachelor in Science?

In 1948 with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and a Master of Science in
Mathematics, he accepted a scholarship to Princeton University, where he pursued
further graduate studies in mathematics.

4. What type of illness did he suffer from?

He suffers from mental illness.

5. Who was Alicia Lopez-Harrison de Lardé

His wife, they married in February 1957 at a Catholic ceremony, although Nash was
an atheist.

3. III.Coplete the chart by writing the topics and main ideas of each of the
following paragraphs from the reading about John Forbes Nash Jr:

Paragraph Topic Main idea

1.
The scientific He was an interdisciplinary scientist,
contributions of John knowledgeable in both applied
Forbes Nash to sciences and engineering, hard
humanity. sciences such as mathematics and
social sciences such as economics.
Designing very important models
within systems theory, for everyday
life.
2.
Influence on art A movie was made in his name (A
Beautiful Mind), which showed his
mathematical skills and mental
illness.
3.
Biography and family life
In his biography, he demonstrates his
scientific influences, since his mother
was a teacher and his father an
electrical engineer.