In Review - July 8, 1998
Mathematics and madness
  
A fateful year

John
Nash *50
As Sylvia Nasar tells it, the life of mathematician John Forbes Nash, Jr. *50 is a tale filled with pathos as well as magnificent, if largely incomprehensible, mathematical concepts -- a compelling "story about the mystery of the human mind, in three acts: genius, madness, reawakening."...
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When John A. Corry '53 was winding down his career as a New York City tax attorney, he found himself drawn to the old-fashioned biographies of his father's and grandfather's libraries. In search of a post-retirement pursuit, Corry decided to try recreating the "riveting personalities and major events" of the year 1898....
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The Hudson Review turns 50

  
Web Sightings

Frederick
Morgan '43
After 50 years of running The Hudson Review,
Frederick Morgan '43 is stepping aside -- not down -- to an
advisory role....
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Reviews of www.drcnet.org and www.dfn.org.
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Bogardus on Broadway
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Short Takes
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Books Received
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