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Author:

James, I. M. (Ioan Mackenzie), 1928-

Title:

Asperger's syndrome and high achievement : some very remarkable people / Ioan James.

Publisher:

Jessica Kingsley,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

224 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Asperger's syndrome.
Genius and mental illness.
Creative ability--Psychological aspects.
Asperger's syndrome--Patients--Biography.
Autism--Patients--Biography.
Asperger Syndrome--Biography.
Asperger Syndrome--Case Reports.
Famous Persons--Biography.
Famous Persons--Case Reports.
Achievement--Biography.
Achievement--Case Reports.
Adult.
Creativeness--Biography.
Creativeness--Case Reports.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-223).

Contents:

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) -- Philip of Spain (1527-1598) -- Isaac Newton (1642-1727) -- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) -- John Howard (c. 1726-1790) -- Henry Cavendish (1731-1810) -- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) -- Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) -- Erik Satie (1866-1925) -- Bertrand Russell (1872 -1970) -- Albert Einstein (1879-1955) -- Béla Bartók (1881-1945) -- Ramanujan (1887-1920) -- Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) -- Alfred Kinsey (1894-1956) -- Simone Weil (1909-1943) -- Alan Turing (1912-1954) -- Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) -- Andy Warhol (1928-1987) -- Glenn Gould (1932-1982).

ISBN:

9781843103882 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1843103885 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2005029311

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Des Moines)