The quote I have chosen starts from "I keep the subject..." to the end of the paragraph shown. I chose this quote because I find the brain interesting and after reading this I feel that Newton in a way was showing savant tendencies. Which would explain his ability to be able to "hold a problem continuously in mind for more than a few seconds or a few minutes." A savant use's most of their active brain to master or show mastery of one task, such as painting or playing the piano. In Newton's case he demonstrated it through his 'bursts' of mathematical genius. The question that is drawn to my mind after I read this though was why and how was this man able to demonstrate this ability only sometime? Why was he now a 'typical' savant and demonstrated that high level of concentration continuously?
