Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet
A journey into one of the most fascinating minds alive today--guided by the owner himself. Bestselling author Daniel Tammet (Thinking in Numbers) is virtually unique among people who have severe autistic disorders in that he is capable of living a fully independent life and able to explain what is happening inside his head. He sees numbers as shapes, colors, and textures, and he can perform extraordinary calculations in his head. He can learn to speak new languages fluently, from scratch, in a week. In 2004, he memorized and recited more than 22,000 digits of pi, setting a record. He has savant syndrome, an extremely rare condition that gives him the most unimaginable mental powers, much like those portrayed by Dustin Hoffman in the film Rain Man. Fascinating and inspiring, Born on a Blue Day explores what it's like to be special and gives us an insight into what makes us all human--our minds.Daniel Tammet is a linguist, a writer, and a teacher. He was voted one of the world's 100 living geniuses in a 2007 poll of 4,000 people. Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Remarkable Mind of an Autism Genius, his most recent book, was a New York Times bestseller and has been translated into 18 languages. He currently resides in Avignon, France.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781416535072 |
| ISBN 10 | 1416535071 |
| Title | Born on a Blue Day |
| Author | Daniel Tammet |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Free Press |
| Year published | 2007-01-09 |
| Number of pages | 226 |
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