Myers, F. W. H. Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death. London: 1903. See ch. 3, “Genius,” esp. pp. 70-87. Myers was in part a genius, and this book is in part a masterpiece. This is evident in the first volume, which is often comparable to William James’ Principles of Psychology—he was a close personal friend of James. The second volume, “Phantasms of the Dead,” etc., is to my mind an embarrassment.
Nagel, E. and Newmann, J. R. Godel’s Proof. New York: 1958.
Park, C. C. and D. See below under Chapter 24.
Selfe, L. Nadia. See below under Chapter 24.
Silverberg, R. Thorns. New York: 1967.
Smith, S. B. The Great Mental Calculators: The Psychology, Methods, and Lives of Calculating Prodigies, Past and Present. New York: 1983.
Stewart, I. Concepts of Modern Mathematics. Harmondsworth: 1975.
Wollheim, R. The Thread of Life. Cambridge, Mass.: 1984. See especially ch. 3 on “iconicity” and “centricity.” I had just read this book when I came to write of Martin A., the Twins, and Jose; hence, reference to it appears in all three of these chapters (22, 23, 24).
Buck, L. A. et al. “Artistic talent in autistic adolescents and young adults.” Empirical Studies of the Arts (1985) 3 (1): 81-104.
----------. “Art as a means of interpersonal communication in autistic young adults.” /PC (1985) 3: 73-84.
(Both these papers are published under the aegis of the Talented Handicapped Artist’s Workshop, founded in New York in 1981.)
Morishima, A. “Another Van Gogh of Japan: The superior art work of a retarded boy.” Exceptional Children (1974) 41: 92-6.
Motsugi, K. “Shyochan’s drawing of insects.” Japanese Journal of Mentally Retarded Children (1968) 119: 44-7.
Park, C. C. The Siege: The First Eight Years of an Autistic Child. New York: 1967 (paperback: Boston and Harmondsworth: 1972).
Park, D. and Youderian, P. “Light and number: ordering principles in the world of an autistic child.” Journal of Autism and Childhood Schizophrenia (1974) 4 (4): 313-23.
Rapin, I. Children with Brain Dysfunction: Neurology, Cognition, Language and Behaviour New York: 1982.
Selfe, L. Nadia: A Case of Extraordinary Drawing Ability in an Autistic Child. London: 1977. This richly illustrated study of a uniquely gifted child attracted much attention when published and some very important critiques and reviews. The reader is referred to Nigel Dennis, New York Review of Books, 4 May, 1978, and C. C. Park, Journal of Autism and Childhood Schizophrenia (1978) 8: 457-72. The latter contains a rich discussion and bibliography of the fascinating Japanese work with autistic artists with which my final Postscript concludes.