The game was re-discovered in 1948 by John Nash when he was a phD student at Princeton. At that time,the game was commonly called Nash. NASH 2R(* A Beautiful Mind HAROLD.KUHN 2d SYLVIA NASAR uThe game was re-discovered in 1948 by John Nash, when he was a PhD student at Princeton. At that time, the game was commonly called Nash . A Beautiful Mind