Born On A Blue Day Av Daniel Tammet

<B>A journey into one of the most fascinating minds alive today—guided by the owner himself.</B><BR><BR>Bestselling author Daniel Tammet (<I>Thinking in Numbers</I>) 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.<BR><BR> 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 <I>Rain Man</I>.<BR><BR> Fascinating and inspiring, <I>Born on a Blue Day</I> explores what it’s like to be special and gives us an insight into what makes us all human—our minds.