I started this book thinking that I would get the correct version of the film by the same name. I will tell you, the movie has very little factual details about John Nash's life. I learned so much more about the character of this mathematical genius from the book. His struggles, his triumphs, his humiliations, his boastings, his family life, etc. I'm not exactly sure what drew me to this biography in the first place (it may have had something to do with Border's store closing and me being able to purchase it for about $2), but it was interesting to see an intersection of two other characters I have already read biographies on: Albert Einstein and Robert Oppenheimer. John Nash was aquaintances with both of them.
I take away from this book a sympathy toward those that struggle with mental illness. It was sad to see this man's whole world and pretty much his entire social circle vanish once it was know that he was mentally ill. The people that stood by him were his family (for the most part). Similar families must have the same sort of challenges and I saw a perspective from their eyes.
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