Apergers and Genius

From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Thu May 01 2003 - 09:57:34 MDT

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    The price of genius
    Isaac Newton suffered a nervous breakdown at the age of 50.
    Throughout his life he was taciturn, had few friends and was often
    so engrossed in his work that he forgot to eat. Albert Einstein
    repeated sentences obsessively until he was seven years old, became
    a notoriously confusing lecturer and was generally acknowledged to
    be a difficult person. Both men were certainly geniuses, but did
    they also have something else in common? Simon Baron-Cohen has
    assessed the personality traits of both men, and believes they may
    have shown signs of Asperger syndrome, a form of autism...
    http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993676

    R.



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