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Owner of "the most remarkable mind on the planet," (according to Entertainment Weekly ) Daniel Tammet captivated readers and won worldwide critical acclaim with the 2007 New York Times bestselling memoir, Born On A Blue Day , and its vivid depiction of a life with autistic savant syndrome.... read more
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First Sentence edit
Our minds are miracles-- immensely intricate webs of gossamer light inside our heads that shape our very sense of self and our understanding of the world around us.
Table of Contents edit
Introduction
1 Wider Than the Sky
2 Measuring Minds: Intelligence and Talent
3 Seeing What Is Not There
4 A World of Words
5 The Number Instinct
6 The Biology of Creativity
7 Light to Sight
8 Food for Thought
9 Thinking by Numbers
10 The Future of the Mind
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 612.82
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