[math-fun] Asperger syndrome, Autism, & math talent
Supposedly, Asperger syndrome (which allegedly no longer "exists," having been merged into the "Autism spectrum"), is linked to "mathematical talent." paper Ioan James: Autism and Mathematical Talent, online here http://www.scribd.com/doc/48195975/autism-and-math-talent Mathematicians and physicists identified by him or by others as having Asperger or Autism or signs thereof include A.Einstein, I.Newton, P.A.M.Dirac, G.Perelman, S.Ramanujan, P.Erdos, Ronald Fisher, GH Hardy, Alan Turing, A Weil, Norbert Weiner, Robert Ammann (a post office clerk who made big contributions to tiling theory), WR Hamilton, and R. Borcherds. -- Warren D. Smith http://RangeVoting.org
On Monday 26 March 2012 20:19:52 Warren Smith wrote:
Supposedly, Asperger syndrome (which allegedly no longer "exists," having been merged into the "Autism spectrum"), is linked to "mathematical talent."
I thought that was already pretty much the conventional wisdom. -- g
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