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Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant

by Daniel Tammet
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Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant
Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant

Autistic savant shares his extraordinary mental world.

"Born on a Blue Day" is a window into a truly unique mind, offering intimate insights that aren't accessible elsewhere. Daniel Tammet's ability to articulate his inner life offers readers empathy and understanding toward autistic experiences. His mental feats are not just impressive; they're a bridge connecting diverse ways of perceiving the world, which makes this memoir especially poignant for anyone curious about the spectrum of human cognition.

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Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant

by Daniel Tammet
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ISBN: 9781416549017
Authors: Daniel Tammet
Publisher: Free Press
Date of Publication: 2007-10-16
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs, Science
Related Topics: Memoir, Biography, Biography Memoir, Autobiography, Psychology
Goodreads rating: 3.84
(rated by 23921 readers)

Description

A journey into one of the most fascinating minds alive today—guided by the owner himself. Bestselling author Daniel Tammet 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.
 

Autistic savant shares his extraordinary mental world.

"Born on a Blue Day" is a window into a truly unique mind, offering intimate insights that aren't accessible elsewhere. Daniel Tammet's ability to articulate his inner life offers readers empathy and understanding toward autistic experiences. His mental feats are not just impressive; they're a bridge connecting diverse ways of perceiving the world, which makes this memoir especially poignant for anyone curious about the spectrum of human cognition.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.