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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
DOWN
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"
Magic Numbers: answers
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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