Editing Michael Fitzgerald - Books (section)

=== ''Genius Genes: How Asperger Talents Changed the World'' (2007) ===
* '''Authors:''' [[Michael Fitzgerald]] & [[Brendan O'Brien]]
* '''Publisher:''' [[AAPC Publishing]]
* '''ISBN:''' 9781931282444
* '''Year:''' 2007

Argues that many famous historical figures had an "autistic mind-style" (often consistent with [[Asperger syndrome]]) which contributed to their genius.<ref name="medicalxpress_genius">{{cite web |url=https://medicalxpress.com/news/2008-02-einstein-newton-autistic-traits.html#:~:text=Michael%20Fitzgerald%2C%20Professor%20of%20Psychiatry,genius%2C%20The%20Daily%20Telegraph%20said |title=Einstein, Newton displayed autistic traits |publisher=Medical Xpress |access-date=2025-09-07}}</ref> The book presents case studies of 21 eminent individuals, linking their personalities and achievements to Asperger traits.<ref name="ebay_synopsis">{{cite web |url=https://www.ebay.com/p/60748206#:~:text=Synopsis%20Arguing%20that%20highly%20creative,Wells |title=Genius Genes : How Asperger Talents Changed the World |publisher=eBay |access-date=2025-09-07}}</ref><ref name="ebay_subjects">{{cite web |url=https://www.ebay.com/p/60748206#:~:text=Subjects%20range%20from%20the%20well,to%20color%20the%20way%20we |title=Genius Genes : How Asperger Talents Changed the World |publisher=eBay |access-date=2025-09-07}}</ref>

'''Individuals diagnosed in this book (21 subjects):'''<ref name="ebay_studies">{{cite web |url=https://www.ebay.com/p/60748206#:~:text=studies%20of%20the%20lives%20of,psychologist%20John%20Broadus%20Watson%20and |title=Genius Genes : How Asperger Talents Changed the World |publisher=eBay |access-date=2025-09-07}}</ref><ref name="ebay_individual">{{cite web |url=https://www.ebay.com/p/60748206#:~:text=Bernard%20Law%20Montgomery%20and%20Charles,the%20individual%27s |title=Genius Genes : How Asperger Talents Changed the World |publisher=eBay |access-date=2025-09-07}}</ref>

'''Political & Military Figures:'''
* [[Thomas Jefferson]] -- Identified as "Asperger genius" with aloof, single-minded personality<ref name="ebay_studies" />
* [[Stonewall Jackson|Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson]] -- Identified as "Asperger genius" with aloof, single-minded personality<ref name="ebay_studies" />
* [[Bernard Montgomery]] -- Identified as "Asperger genius" with aloof, single-minded personality<ref name="ebay_studies" />
* [[Charles de Gaulle]] -- Identified as "Asperger genius" with aloof, single-minded personality<ref name="ebay_studies" />
* [[Enoch Powell]] -- Also noted elsewhere as exhibiting Asperger's traits<ref name="medicalxpress_powell">{{cite web |url=https://medicalxpress.com/news/2008-02-einstein-newton-autistic-traits.html#:~:text=Fitzgerald%2C%20author%20of%20the%20book%2C,to%20have%20had%20Asperger%27s%20syndrome |title=Einstein, Newton displayed autistic traits |publisher=Medical Xpress |access-date=2025-09-07}}</ref>

'''Mathematicians:'''
* [[Archimedes]] -- Noted for obsessive focus and logical mind characteristic of Asperger's<ref name="ebay_individual" />
* [[Charles Babbage]] -- Noted for obsessive focus and logical mind characteristic of Asperger's<ref name="ebay_individual" />
* [[Paul Erdős]] -- Noted for obsessive focus and logical mind characteristic of Asperger's<ref name="ebay_individual" />
* [[Norbert Wiener]] -- Noted for obsessive focus and logical mind characteristic of Asperger's<ref name="ebay_individual" />
* [[David Hilbert]] -- Noted for obsessive focus and logical mind characteristic of Asperger's<ref name="ebay_individual" />
* [[Kurt Gödel]] -- Noted for obsessive focus and logical mind characteristic of Asperger's<ref name="ebay_individual" />

'''Scientists:'''
* [[Isaac Newton]] -- Highlighted for autistic traits (solitary, relentless work habits) tied to scientific creativity<ref name="medicalxpress_newton">{{cite web |url=https://medicalxpress.com/news/2008-02-einstein-newton-autistic-traits.html#:~:text=Albert%20Einstein%20and%20Isaac%20Newton,genius%2C%20a%20Dublin%20psychiatrist%20said |title=Einstein, Newton displayed autistic traits |publisher=Medical Xpress |access-date=2025-09-07}}</ref><ref name="ebay_individual" />
* [[Charles Darwin]] -- Highlighted for autistic traits tied to scientific creativity<ref name="ebay_individual" />
* [[Albert Einstein]] -- Highlighted for autistic traits (late speech development) tied to scientific creativity<ref name="medicalxpress_newton" /><ref name="ebay_individual" />
* [[Nikola Tesla]] -- Highlighted for autistic traits tied to scientific creativity<ref name="ebay_individual" />
* [[Henry Cavendish]] -- Highlighted for autistic traits tied to scientific creativity<ref name="ebay_individual" />
* [[Gregor Mendel]] -- Highlighted for autistic traits tied to scientific creativity<ref name="ebay_individual" />

'''Writers:'''
* [[Gerard Manley Hopkins]] -- Identified with Asperger-like social difficulties and intense imaginative focus<ref name="ebay_scientists">{{cite web |url=https://www.ebay.com/p/60748206#:~:text=scientists%20,to%20color%20the%20way%20we |title=Genius Genes : How Asperger Talents Changed the World |publisher=eBay |access-date=2025-09-07}}</ref>
* [[H. G. Wells]] -- Identified with Asperger-like social difficulties and intense imaginative focus<ref name="ebay_scientists" />

'''Other notable figures:'''
* [[Charles Lindbergh]] (aviator) -- Discussed as having characteristic Asperger traits (social aloofness, obsessive interests)<ref name="ebay_individual" />
* [[John B. Watson]] (psychologist) -- Discussed as having characteristic Asperger traits (social aloofness, obsessive interests)<ref name="ebay_individual" />
* [[Alfred Kinsey]] (sexologist) -- Discussed as having characteristic Asperger traits (social aloofness, obsessive interests)<ref name="ebay_individual" />