John Forbes Nash

John Forbes Nash is a reluctant celebrity. The arclights are on him and he looks old and weary in the glare.Nash is in India for a week on the invitation of the ministry of external affairs to flag off its new Nobel Laureate Lecture series. Within three days of being in Delhi, he has delivered a public lecture and met the Prime Minister and the President.Nash established the mathematical principles of game theory, which offers to explain the complicated process through which governments, corporations and individuals reach strategic options. Game theory can be applied to almost anything, from a conflict situation to international negotiations to marriages.Nash is a deeply private person. He refused to dole out personal details .