John Nash and Ron Clark

John NashJune 13, 1928

•American Mathematician and Economist

•Senior Research Mathematician in Princeton University

“This man is a genius”

He shared the 1994 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences with game theorists

Reinhard Selten, John Nash and John Harsanyi

1947 : Hex GameEach player has an

allocated color. Players take turns placing a

stone of their color on a single cell within the overall playing board. The goal is to form a connected path of your stones linking the opposing sides of the board marked by your colors, before your opponent connects his sides in a similar fashion. The first player to complete his connection wins the game.

Family Life 1957 – Alicia Lopez

Harrison de Larde

1958 – signs of schizophrenia

1959 – mental hospital baby son: John Charles

Martin Nash

Family Life 1963 – divorced 1970 – reunited,

nonromantic relationship 1978 – John von Neumann

theory Prize for discovery of non-cooperative equilibrium

1994 – Noble prize – renewed relationship

2001 – remarried (73+68)

John Nash: a beautiful mind

1998- bestseller book, Sylvia Nascar

2001 – Hollywood movieStarring Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly- Nominated for 8 Oscars and winning 4

Fiction in “A Beautiful Mind”, 2001 Hallucinations; Pen ceremony tradition “I take the newer medications” (1970) No acceptance speech for Noble Prize

Magic NumbersACROSS

1 A perfect cube:3*3*3

5 If you are dressed up to the ..., you are wearing fancy clothes

6 If a man hasn't shaved for a day or two, they say he has a ... o'clock shadow

9 Fortune knocks ... at every man's door

11These numbers denote a quantity but not the order

13If you begin to draw conclusions about something, you put ... and ... together

14Habit is ... nature

15Unlucky number

16Things that are very cheap and common are ... a penny

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2 A stitch in time saves ...

3 If someone talks very fast, they talk ... to the dozen

4 George Washington was the ... president of the USA

7 When is St.Valentine Day celebrated?

8 The number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros

10A period of 10 years

12USA consist of _ _ states

13The basic of education are sometimes called "the ... R's"

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Ron Clark October 24, 1972

Ron Clark is an American teacher who has worked with disadvantaged students in rural North Carolina and Harlem, New York City. He is known for his books and multiple teaching awards.

Accolades

Clark is known for his ability to raise test scores by using unique and innovative methods that incorporate innovation, creativity and 55 classroom rules.

He has appeared on many national TV shows, including two appearances on the Oprah Winfrey Show.

Accolades Clark received the

2001 Disney Teacher of the Year award.

The Ron Clark StoryClark's first year spent in

Harlem was the focus of a 2006 made-for-TV movie, The Ron Clark Story, starring Matthew Perry.

The Ron Clark Academy: www.ronclarkacademy.comLocation: southwest

Atlanta, Georgia, and accommodates 5th-8th grade students from low-income families.

The academy was established on June 25, 2007. Classes began for students on September 4, 2007.

Clark had planned to build the school for ten years before construction began.

Student population

• The students are from low-income families. • Students must go through an application

process in order to be accepted into the school.

• Only 50 students were accepted out of 350 applications the first school year.

Technology and facilities

Each classroom provides students with technology such as notebook computers, interactive whiteboards, digital cameras, projectors, and audio video equipment. In addition to the technologically-equipped classrooms, the school provides students with accessible amenities such as a recording studio, a dark room, a two-story vaulted ceiling library, a gymnasium, and a dance studio.

Presidential Rap

BooksRon has written two books. The first,

called The Essential 55: An Award-Winning Educator's Rules for Discovering the Successful Student in Every Child (2003), is being published in 25 countries.

In 2004 he followed with The Excellent 11: Qualities Teachers and Parents Use to Motivate, Inspire, and Educate Children.

Price: $13.57

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