Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant: A Memoir - Brossura

Tammet, Daniel

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1416549013 ISBN 13: 9781416549017

Casa editrice: Free Pr, 2007

Riassunto

Traces the inspiring story of an autistic savant with genius-level mathematical talents, describing how he was eschewed by his classmates in spite of his near-photographic memory and super-human capacity for math and language, in a firsthand account that offers insight into how he experiences the world. Reprint. 100,000 first printing.

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"Artists and poets would give their best simile to perceive things with the same kind of vividness...For anyone interested in the workings of a truly 'beautiful mind,' Born on a Blue Day is a banquet."

-- Minneapolis Star Tribune

"Tammet, now 28, manages the feat of introspection -- and self-insight. His book brims with humanity. His approach is honest, eloquent, at times funny, and completely free of pity."

-- The Cleveland Plain Dealer

"With all due respect to Stephen Hawking, Bill Gates, and any living Nobel laureates, the most remarkable mind on the planet just might belong to Daniel Tammet...Tammet displays a surprising level of sensitivity -- and a refreshing lack of sentimentality -- in an account that inspires even as it astonishes."

-- Entertainment Weekly

"Remarkable, revealing, and nearly flawless."

-- The Raleigh News & Observer

L'autore:

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.

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• Editore: Free Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1416549013
• ISBN 13: 9781416549017
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 237