[lbo-talk] Was Einstein Autistic?

[Chris Doss]

>
>Newton seems like a classic case. He hardly spoke, was so
>engrossed in his work that he often forgot to eat, and was
>lukewarm or bad-tempered with the few friends he had. If no
>one turned up to his lectures, he gave them anyway, talking
>to an empty room. He had a nervous breakdown at 50, brought
>on by depression and paranoia.

Didn't Newton insist on having the windows on the lecture hall closed, so no 
one outside could hear his pronounced stutter?

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