Harvard President has Asperger’s Syndrome?
In a story about Harvard president Larry Summers’ comment about womens’ brains being wired in a way that makes them bad at math, the Boston Globe reports that some of his colleagues believe that he has Asperger’s Syndrome.
Portrait may turn Harvard prez crimson
By Stephanie Schorow
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
When Harvard president Larry Summers set off a firestorm by suggesting women might not have the genetic chops for hard science, many dismissed his remarks as an off-the-cuff comment from an academic devil’s advocate.
Hardly, said the author of a slash-and-burn book on Summers’ stormy tenure at the world’s most prestigious university.
