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From the New York Times bestselling author of Born over a Blue Day...

Owner of "the most impressive mind on the planet" (Entertainment Weekly), Daniel Tammet captivated audiences and received worldwide critical acclaim with his 2007 memoir Given birth to over a Blue Day and its vivid depiction of the life with autistic savant syndrome. In his attractive new work, he creates with characteristic quality and personal awareness as he sheds light on the mysteries of savants' incredible mental capabilities -- and our own.

Daniel Tammet clarifies that the differences between savant and nonsavant minds have been exaggerated; his astonishing capacities in memory space, math and vocabulary are credited to neither a cerebral supercomputer nor any hereditary quirk, but are rather the results of an extremely rich and intricate associative form of thinking and imagination. Autistic thought, he argues, can be an extreme variance of a sort that people all do, from daydreaming to the utilization of puns and metaphors.

Embracing the Wide Sky combines careful methodical research with Tammet's detailed descriptions of how his brain works to demonstrate the immense potential within us all. It is a distinctive and brilliantly imaginative family portrait of how we think, learn, remember, and create, filled with personal insights and anecdotes and with explanations of the most up-to-date, mind-bending discoveries from fields ranging from neuroscience to mindset and linguistics. That is a profound and provocative work that will change our understanding and esteem for each and every kind of brain.

Category: Neuropsychology

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Publisher	Simon & Schuster Audio
Language	English
ISBN
DATE	2009-01
Author	Daniel Tammet

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