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If his work could be compartmentalized, sure. Arguably the world's greatest single intellectual body of work, the Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica,
by DevX101 15y ago
If his work could be compartmentalized, sure.
Arguably the world's greatest single intellectual body of work, the Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, was written by a guy locked up in his room alone.
If his work required significant ongoing interaction with the rest of the team though, I might be more hesitant to hire.
- keithpeter 15y agoNewton had a close but small circle of people around him while writing the Principia. His odd behaviour earlier on may have been associated with mercury poisoning, see Westfall's biography. It is also worth mentioning that his religious beliefs would have got Newton into serious trouble, possibly prison, certainly loss of livelihood, if they had become known, so he had to be a bit careful. I take your wider point. Newton would have seemed very odd by today's standards.