Daniel Tammet

• Puedo aprender cualquier idioma en una semana.• Puedo recitar de memoria miles de decimales del número pi.• Puedo recordar el color del jersey de la primera cita de mi vida.• Puedo evitar un atasco

• Cerrad los ojos. Imaginad un espacio sin límites.• Imaginad los movimientos de una partida de ajedrez perfecta.• Imaginad que el número 4 pudiera decirse de muchas maneras diferentes.• Imaginad los

Auteur reconnu et cerveau d’exception, Daniel Tammet a le don de raconter les mathématiques, de les rendre concrètes et vivantes, à travers sa propre vie, notre quotidien, la poésie ou la grande hist

In todays fast-paced world, its tough to find the time to read. But with Joosr guides, you can get the key insights from bestselling non-fiction titles in less than 20 minutes. Whether you want to gain knowledge on the go or find the books youll love, Joosrs brief and accessible eBook summaries fit into your life. Find out more at joosr.com.One look inside the brilliant, mathematical mind of a savant will change the way you see the world forever. Math is a subject that most people dont think about if they dont need it; but if you stop to look, youll see that it touches every facet of our lives. Mathematics affects how you get to work every morning, the appointments you make on your calendar, the rhythm of the songs you enjoy on the radio, and much, much more. Author and mathematical savant Daniel Tammet shows you the amazing language of math through its history, examples found in nature and the modern world, and anecdotes from his own personal life. This book offers a true understanding of maths inescapable impact in every part of your daily life. You will learn:· How musicians and artists use math to catch your attention with rhythms and patterns· The dangerous risks and great rewards of thinking like a mathematician· How mathematical reasoning saves you time and money, and keeps you in good health.

Este extraordinario relato nos ofrece una perspectiva inédita: el interior de la mente de un joven autista de 27 años. Afectado por el síndrome de Aspenger, Daniel Tammet es capaz de realizar complicadas operaciones aritmeticas con la velocidad el rayo, puede aprender un idioma en tan solo unos dias y ha establecido un nuevo record al memorizar y recitar mas de 22.500 decimales del numero pi. Percibe los numeros con formas, colores y texturas; los numeros son sus amigos y en cualquier lugar o situacion, nunca abandonan su pensamiento. Cuando se siente estresado o triste, cierra los ojos y cuenta. Su sorprendentes habilidades lo han convertido en una celebridad mundial y esta siendo estudiado por los mas relevantes neurologos. En este libro, con una prosa asombradamente clara y calida, Daniel nos relata los acontecimientos mas relevantes de su vida, desde su frustrante y aislada infancia hasta el momento actual.

I was born on 31 January 1979 - a Wednesday. I know it was a Wednesday, because the date is blue in my mind and Wednesdays are always blue, like the number nine or the sound of loud voices arguing. Like the character Hoffman portrayed, he can perform extraordinary maths in his head, sees numbers as shapes, colours, textures and motions, and can learn to speak a language fluently from scratch in three days. He also has a compulsive need for order and routine. He eats exactly 45 grams of porridge for breakfast and cannot leave the house without counting the number of items of clothing hes wearing. If he gets stressed or unhappy he closes his eyes and counts. But in some ways Daniel is not all like the Rain Man. He is virtually unique amongst people who have severe autisitic disorders in being capable of living a fully-functioning, independent life. It is this incredible self-awareness and ability to communicate what it feels like to live in a totally extraordinary way that makes BORN ON A BLUE DAY so powerful.

Daniels internationally bestselling memoir of living with Aspergers Syndrome and Savant Syndrome, Born on a Blue Day established him as one of the most original talents in contemporary non-fiction.Now, in his new book, Embracing the Wide Sky, he combines meticulous scientific research with detailed descriptions of how his mind works to demonstrate the immense potential within us all. He explains how our natural intuitions can help us to learn a foreign language, why his memories are like symphonies, and what numbers and giraffes have in common. We also discover why there is more to intelligence than IQ, how our brains turn light to sight, and why too much information can make you stupid.He illustrates his arguments with examples as diverse as the private languages of twins, the compositions of poets with autism, and the breakthroughs, and breakdowns, of some of historys greatest minds.Embracing the Wide Sky is a unique and brilliantly imaginative portrait of how we think, learn, remember and create, brimming with personal insights and anecdotes, and explanations of the most up-to-date, mind-bending discoveries from fields ranging from neuroscience to psychology and linguistics.This is a profound and provocative book that will transform our understanding and respect for every kind of mind.

This is the book that Daniel Tammet, bestselling author and mathematical savant, was born to write. In Tammets world, numbers are beautiful and mathematics illuminates our lives and minds. Using anecdotes and everyday examples, Tammet allows us to share his unique insights and delight in the way numbers, fractions and equations underpin all our lives.Inspired by the complexity of snowflakes, Anne Boleyns sixth finger or his mothers unpredictable behaviour, Tammet explores questions such as why time seems to speed up as we age, whether there is such a thing as an average person and how we can make sense of those we love.Thinking in Numbers will change the way you think about maths and fire your imagination to see the world with fresh eyes.

Dans ce livre lumineux et inspirant, lécrivain Daniel Tammet, lun des plus célèbres autistes savants, nous plonge dans lunivers extraordinaire dhommes et de femmes qui ont su faire de leur différence

• Cierra los ojos. Imagina un espacio sin límites.• Imagina los movimientos de una partida de ajedrez perfecta.• Imagina que el número 4 pudiera decirse de muchas maneras diferentes.• Imagina los aco

Cerrad los ojos. Imaginad un espacio sin límites. Imaginad los movimientos de una partida de ajedrez perfecta. Imaginad que el número 4 pudiera decirse de muchas maneras diferentes. Imaginad los acontecimientos infinitesimales que pueden conducir a que estalle la revolucion en un pais. Imaginad una tribu que, por no saber contar, no planea nada que se prolongue mas de un dia. Imaginad a Shakespeare descubriendo el numero cero y las dimensiones de una ausencia. Imaginad que pudierais leer un libro de una infinidad de maneras distintas.Me llamo Daniel Tammet, y soy sinestesico: percibo los numeros con colores y siluetas. En mi cabeza, contar es como pasear por un bosque. Tengo diagnosticado, ademas, el sindrome del sabio: puedo aprender un idioma en una semana, y recitar decimales del numero pi durante cinco horas (por eso me dieron un Guinness). De pequeño resolvi que, si conseguia reunir suficientes recuerdos y someterlos a un patron estadistico, podria predecir el comportamiento de mi madre. Los numeros primos poseen para mi la belleza de la poesia. No entendi lo que me sucedia hasta que conoci a Rain Man (al de verdad). Cada mañana me siento en mi escritorio y me pregunto: ¿y si...?

Full of charm and fascinationThe BooksellerWould dazzle any storyteller in love with words and their deepest meaningsAmy Tan, author of Joy Luck ClubA generous book and a beguiling readRebecca Gowers* * * * * *From the bestselling author of Born on a Blue Day and Thinking in Numbers, a delightful and eclectic exploration of language, and what it can teach us about ourselves and our lives.Why is the name Cleopatra not allowed in Iceland? Why do clocks talk to the Nahua people of Mexico? And if we are what we eat, are we also what we say? These are just some of the questions Daniel Tammet answers in Every Word is a Bird We Teach to Sing, a mesmerising new collection of essays investigating the intricacies and profound power of human language. Tammet goes back in time to explore the numeric language of his autistic childhood; he looks at the music and patterns that words make, and how languages evolve and are translated. He meets one of the worlds most accomplished lip readers in Canada, learns how endangered languages like Manx are being revived and corresponds with native speakers of Esperanto in their mother tongue. He studies the grammar of the telephone, contemplates the significance of disappearing dialects, and also asks: will chatbots ever manage to convince us that they are human?From the art of translation to the lyricism of sign language, Every Word is a Bird We Teach to Sing is a fascinating journey through the world of words, letters, stories and meanings, and an extraordinary testament to the stunning range of Tammets literary and polyglot talents.

• Cerrad los ojos. Imaginad un espacio sin límites. • Imaginad los movimientos de una partida de ajedrez perfecta. • Imaginad que el número 4 pudiera decirse de muchas maneras diferentes. • Imaginad

An eye-opening short book by the international bestselling writer of Born on a Blue Day and Thinking in Numbers.Have you ever wondered how neurotypicals - so called normal people - come across to those who are on the autistic spectrum? What would an instruction manual about being an average human being look like to them? And actually, would it be that different, fundamentally, to a field guide about autistic people (were such a thing to exist)?Daniel Tammet is an essayist, poet, novelist and translator. In 2004, he was diagnosed with high-functioning autistic savant syndrome. In this eye-opening and fascinating book, he takes readers on a tour around nightclubs, ponders the significance of tattoos, delves into anti-age creams and puzzles over playing the lottery, all from the perspective of someone who approaches everything in life from a unique angle. After all, this is a man for whom Wednesdays are always blue, who sees numbers as shapes and who learned conversational Icelandic from scratch in seven days.These short essays come together in a beautifully written, sometimes humorous but always refreshing narrative that focuses on the eccentricities of modern life as seen through the eyes of someone always on the outside. Rather wonderfully, it illustrates the eccentricity inherent in every kind of mind, reminding us of the little-noticed strangeness of our common humanity, while subtly questioning what it means to be thought normal.

• Nací un miércoles. Sé que era miércoles porque para mí los miércoles siempre son azules. Como el número nueve o el sonido de voces discutiendo (lo sé porque mis padres se peleaban mucho). • Cuando en clase alguien hacía pompas de jabón,