Born on a blue day : inside the extraordinary mind of an autistic savant : a memoir /

Born on a blue day : inside the extraordinary mind of an autistic savant : a memoir /

A journey into one of the most fascinating minds alive today--guided by its owner. Daniel Tammet sees numbers as shapes, colors, and textures, and he can perform extraordinary calculations in his head. He can learn new languages from scratch, in a week. He has savant syndrome, a rare condition that...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tammet, Daniel, 1979-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Free Press, 2007
New York : c2006
New York : 2007
Edition:1st Free Press ed
Subjects:
Tammet, Daniel, > 1979-
Tammet, Daniel, > 1979- > Mental health
Tammet, Daniel
Autism > Patients > England > Biography
Autistic people > England > Biography
Savants (Savant syndrome) > England > Biography
Autistic people
Mental health
Savants (Savant syndrome)
Asperger-Syndrom
Savant-Syndrom
Autistic Disorder > Personal Narratives
Autistic Disorder
England
Autobiography
Personal Narrative
Personal narratives
Erlebnisbericht
Autobiographies
Biographies
Biography
Table of Contents:
  • Blue nines and red words
  • Early years
  • Struck by lightning: epilepsy
  • School days
  • Odd one out
  • Adolescence
  • Ticket to Kaunas
  • Falling in love
  • Gift of tongues
  • Very large slice of Pi
  • Meeting Kim Peek
  • Reykjavik, New York, home
  • Blue nines and red words
  • Early years
  • Struck by lightning: epilepsy
  • School days
  • Odd one out
  • Adolescence
  • Ticket to Kaunas
  • Falling in love
  • The gift of tongues
  • A very large slice of Pi
  • Meeting Kim Pek
  • Reykjavik, New York, home

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