Born on a Blue Day

Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant

Daniel Tammet

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Simon & Schuster
16 October 2007

Biography; Biography: general; Memoirs; Abnormal psychology

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.

By: Daniel Tammet
Imprint: Simon & Schuster
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 214mm, Width: 145mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 236g
ISBN: 9781416549017
ISBN 10: 1416549013
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 16 October 2007
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Daniel Tammet is a writer, linguist, and educator. A 2007 poll of 4,000 Britons named him as one of the world's ""100 living geniuses."" His last book, the New York Times bestseller Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant, has been translated into 18 languages. He lives in Avignon, France.