I've only had a cursory introduction to Nash's work through brief flirtations with game theory, but this is the best explanation i've found so far on Nash's Equilibrium which i still remember vividly for highlighting why a "Socially Optimal Solution" is pretty rare in real life [1] (apologies in advance to the ted-talk averse).

Has anyone got any other good pointers to examples of his work?

P.S. Can anyone recommend A Beautiful Mind, i'm kinda put off by the description in here which makes it sound very hollywoodised [2]?

[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jILgxeNBK_8

[2] - http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/25/science/explaining-a-corne...