Posted on 05/24/2015 4:42:34 PM PDT by mware
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
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Was taxi driver a 3rd world ME import?
The taxi driver, Tarek Girgis, was sent to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. A passenger in the Chrysler was transported by ground to Princeton University Hospital complaining of neck pain.
This happened near Trenton. Did they fly into Philadelphia? I originally thought they must have flown into Newark - that part of the Turnpike is filled with insane drivers. I should know, I drive it a lot.
Weird this happen yesterday, and this is the first I heard of his death, and I live in NJ.
Dam deadly, that Turnpike. Almost took out Corzine as I recall.
Yes.
The taxi driver, Tarek Girgis, was sent to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Said Monroe Township. We have a Monroe Township here in South Jersey not far from Williamstown.
Corzine almost killed a driver who was following the rules of the road while he was breaking them.
Williamstown is part of Monroe. I live next door in Franklin.
Corslime was on the Parkway when his leg bone was blown out.
However, Nash's schizophrenia diminished through the 1970s and 1980s as he 'gradually began to intellectually reject some of the delusionally influenced lines of thinking,'
Corzine wasn’t driving tho; a state trooper was. A trained driver, and yet several people almost got killed. Excessive speed and Corzine also was not wearing a seatbelt iirc.
They flew into Newark and were traveling south to their home in Princeton Junction. They had been to Norway where Nash was give, I think it’s called the Abal award. It is a BIG prize in Math.
Reminder to self ...always buckle up in a taxi.
I buckle up before I pull out of the garage or the driveway.
It’s not 100%. But it’s usually better than nothing.
Yes, especially if you are going on a highway, not just riding a few city blocks.
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