if you have problems with Crosswords I'm the man for you.
Just don't mind that I am solving Fermat's Theorem in the mean time.
Imagine that he wrote a note about the solution on the border of a book, but it got lost under stains of roast sauce.
He was probably eating and drinking while he did so. With his hands and using the book to wipe his mouth. Maybe even worst. If you look at his pictures you will know what I mean.
He was from Bordaeux, where le vin est bon.
An other one also liked to eat while working. A genius also, this one an Irish gentleman, by the name of Hamilton. He lived by himself and when he died, amidst his papers, on his working table, some mummified cutlets were found.
Maybe it is mathematics that has these effects.