Born on a Blue Day : Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant Paperback - 2007
by Tammet, Daniel
- Used
One of the worlds only 50 living autistic savants is the first to tell his compelling and inspiring life story, and explain how his incredible mind works. While Tammets brain has amazed scientists for years, readers will be moved by this remarkable mans story.
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- Title Born on a Blue Day : Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant
- Author Tammet, Daniel
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Free Press, New York
- Date 2007-10-16
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # 7743543-6
- ISBN 9781416549017 / 1416549013
- Weight 0.52 lbs (0.24 kg)
- Dimensions 8.44 x 5.72 x 0.65 in (21.44 x 14.53 x 1.65 cm)
- Ages 19 to 19 years
- Grade levels 14 - 14
- Reading level 1170
- Library of Congress subjects Autobiographies, Tammet, Daniel - Mental health
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007282726
- Dewey Decimal Code B
Summary
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 its like to be special and gives us an insight into what makes us all humanour minds.
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- Entertainment Weekly, 10/26/2007, Page 71
- People Weekly, 11/12/2007, Page 59
