I once went to a lecture series at UCLA honoring Julian Schwinger's 80th birthday. Even met him afterward. Big thrill!
I was struck though by how many of these "geniuses" wore the seemingly crummiest clothes they could find, and that several of them literally stunk from body oder.
Eccentric? Definitely.
Well, they don’t get any exercise, so the least movement causes them to work up a sweat. :’) Just think how many stents are going be installed in human hearts just becaose of Al Gore’s invention of the internet... ;’)