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British writer Daniel Tammet is a mathematical savant with Asperger's syndrome and synaesthesia. His third book, Thinking in Numbers: How Maths Illuminates Our Lives, is a collection of 25 essays ...

"Three point one four one five nine …" In 2004, 25-year-old Daniel Tammet sat down at a table at a museum in Oxford, England, surrounded by cameras and a rapt audience, sipped some water, and began ...

Daniel Tammet is an autistic savant, and he has written a book about math. Math phobics need not fear — this is no Rain Man recitation of sheer facts. Against all odds, Tammet has crafted a quirky, ...

There are two kinds of popular books about mathematics; bracing ones that rub against the frontiers of the subject, and those with a softer touch, aiming for something more like “math appreciation.” ...

An autistic savant shares his insights on mathematics and life in this far-ranging collection of entertaining and thoughtful essays. Tammet’s (Born on a Blue Day) interests are intriguing and stunning ...

In Daniel Tammet’s mind, three is a dotted green crescent moon shape, one is a sort of white sunburst and four is a blue boomerang. Every number has a distinct color and shape, making the number pi, ...

Imagine if, when looking at a piece of art, you saw a numerical code. Or a rainbow when reading a book. For Daniel Tammet, life has always been more than black and white - and he’s using his unique ...

Daniel Tammet is as talented a writer as he is a mathematician. Daniel Tammet's latest book, Thinking in Numbers: On Life, Love, Meaning and Math from Little, Brown and Company is a jewel box of a ...

In 1869, Russia's most famous writer published his most famous work. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy's magnum opus, is a perennial favourite for the title of "world's greatest novel". It is a reputation to ...