The Personality of Henry Cavendish - A Great Scientist with Extraordinary Peculiarities

Table of Contents.- List of Illustrations.- Preface.- Part I. He Always Knew What Was Right for Him.- 1. The Person.- 2. Normality, Abnormality, and Scientists.- 3. Everyday Life.- 4. Life of Natural Philosophy.- 5. Aspects of Personality.- 6. Views of Cavendish.- 7. Eccentricity.- 8. Autism.- 9. Conclusion.- Part II. He Saw What Interested Him.- 10. The Traveler.- Appendix 1. Journal of 1785.- Appendix 2. Cavendish and Grey Family Trees.- Appendix 3. Letters between Brothers: Henry and Frederick Cavendish.- Appendix 4. Cavendish's Houses: Clapham Common and Bedford Square.- Appendix 5. Cavendishes, Lowthers, and Holker Hall.- Appendix 6. Autism.- Appendix 7. Physical Theory and Theory of Autism.- Bibliography.- Index.