Daniel Tammet is a mathematical and linguistic genius. He has memorized Pi to more than 22,500 digits, and he speaks 11 languages – one of which he learned in a week for a TV special. He can multiply ...

This unique first-person account offers a window into the mind of a high-functioning, 27-year-old British autistic savant with Asperger's syndrome. Tammet's ability to think abstractly, deviate from ...

Daniel Tammet speaks 11 languages and set the European record for reciting pi from memory in 2004 - Magali Delporte “People talk about autism saying it can cause problems with empathy,” says author ...

Memoirist and essayist Tammet (Thinking in Numbers) sheds fresh light on autism in these vivid profiles of nine people with the condition. Some subjects dismantle neurotypical assumptions, like ...

Daniel Tammet has memorized Pi to the 22,514th digit. He speaks ten different languages, including one of his own invention, and he can multiply enormous sums in his head within a matter of seconds.

Daniel Tammet says he wrote “Nine Minds: Inner Lives on the Spectrum” to fill a gap: what he sees as a dearth of true-life narratives about people who, like him, identify as autistic. “It was not so ...