Sylvia Nasar writes biography and narrative non-fiction about economists, mathematicians and the people behind major intellectual ideas. A Beautiful Mind tells the life of mathematician John Nash, following his work in game theory, severe mental illness and later return to academic life. Grand Pursuit broadens the scale to economic thinkers including Alfred Marshall, Joseph Schumpeter, Friedrich Hayek, Joan Robinson and others, connecting economic theory with the political problems of their times. Nasar's writing is research-heavy, chronological and aimed at general readers rather than specialists. Her work fits intellectual biography, history of economics and narrative non-fiction about mathematics, ideas and twentieth-century academic life. A Beautiful Mind is the defining entry point for her biographical writing. A Beautiful Mind is the clearest starting point for readers interested in one life shaped by mathematics and illness, whereas Grand Pursuit is broader intellectual history, moving among economists and the changing problems their theories attempted to address. Read more Less
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