John Nash yang Terkenal di Film `Beautiful Mind` Tewas Kecelakaan Taksi
`Beautiful Mind` Mathematician John Nash and His Wife Killed in New Jersey Taxi Crash
Editor : M. Achsan Atjo
PAKAR MATEMATIKA John Nash, 86, tewas akibat kecelakaan taksi di New Jersey Turnpike, istrinya, Alicia, 82 ikut tewas dalam kecelakaan tersebut.
Keduanya tidak mengenakan sabuk pengaman akibatnya terlempar dari mobil taksi ketika pengemudi tidak dapat mengendalikan kemudinya dan menabrak pagar jalan.
Nash dikenal luas sebagai salah satu pakar matematika ternama di abad 20.
Dia terkenal karena karyanya pada teori permainan dan perjuangannya melawan penyakit paranoid skizofrenia.
Pemenang Nobel matematika ini menjadi terkenal setelah kisah hidupnya diangkat ke layar perak yang diperankan bintang Hollywood Russell Crowe pada 2011 melalui film A Beautiful Mind yang memenangkan empat penghargaan Oscar, seperti dilansir MailOnline.
MATHEMATICIAN John Nash, 86, has been killed in a taxi crash on the New Jersey Turnpike along with his wife Alicia, 82.
The pair were not wearing seltbelts and were ejected from the vehicle when their driver allegedly lost control and hit the guard rail.
Nash was widely regarded as one of the great mathematicians of the 20th century.
He was best known for his work on game theory and his struggle with paranoid schizophrenia.
The Nobel Prize winner was famously portrayed by Russell Crowe in the 2001 Hollywood movie A Beautiful Mind which won four Oscars.
