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I only came here because I was going to write the
William Grylls Adams article but find this article sadly neglected. I am going to rewrite the Neptune stuff using the entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography by Roger Hutchins dated 2004. I will then go through the Scientific American article and interpolate any variances. That should be enough to get the POV tag off.
Cutler10:21, 23 August 2007 (UTC)reply
I have now interpolated stuff from Scientific American article though I did yearn more detail. TBH, I found it thin and tendentious stuff so I have probably given it more authority here than I truly believe it deaserves but I shall leave it to others to trim if they think it appropriate. There is quite a lot of other stuff on his other work that is worth inclusion so I think ultimately the Neptune stuff needs to be shipped off to a separate article. I have taken the POV tag off so please discuss here.
Cutler15:28, 23 August 2007 (UTC)reply
I have started putting in stuff from Kollerstrom which is actually much more bad news for Adams's reputation tham Sheehan.
Cutler18:30, 23 August 2007 (UTC)reply
Is there really a controversy? Not only was Adams 12 degrees off the mark, his "discovery" came after Le Verrier's... I do not see how he can get any credit.
193.132.242.1 (
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11:02, 2 January 2008 (UTC)reply
Asperger: unlikely!
Citation from Adams himself:
I could not expect however that practical astronomers, who were already fully occupied with important labours, would feel as much confidence in the results of my investigations, as I myself did.
This doesn't sound very much like an aspergerian, but rather like a naturally empathic person, without any difficulties to perceive "the others" stand point. Said:
Rursus (
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15:32, 14 September 2008 (UTC)reply
I think that quote (if geniune) does provide evidence that the scientist was not profoundly autistic, but I don't think it proves he had no autism at all. I believe it is possible for a person with Asperger syndrome to understand the thinking of others, but at the same time lack the ability to "sell" an idea to others. That's just my opinion. —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
203.59.142.133 (
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04:04, 5 December 2009 (UTC)reply
Can anyone else dig up any additional support for his achievements in optics? Is it possible his accomplishments in optics are being conflated with his work in astronomy?
[1]24.6.180.71 (
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18:47, 15 August 2015 (UTC)reply
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