The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 18, May 4, 2003, Article 17

ISAAC NEWTON, MINTER -  AUTISTIC?

  A recent article in The New Scientist discusses the possibility
  that Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton had autism.

 "They were certainly geniuses, but did Albert Einstein and Isaac
  Newton also have autism? According to autism expert Simon
  Baron-Cohen, they might both have shown many signs of
  Asperger syndrome, a form of the condition that does not
  cause learning difficulties."

  "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."

  Sounds like a few numismatists we know....
  
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993676

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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