Re: What I'm reading
Born On A Blue Day, a memoir by Daniel Tammet
I actually have not started this one yet but I am looking forward to picking it up from the library.
Tammet is an autistic savant with an amazing capacity for numbers and a rare ability to describe how he thinks in vivid details. He recited the number pi up to the 22,514th digit over a 5 hour period and he's said to be able to learn new languages fluently in a matter of weeks.
Here is a snippet of the editorial review from Publisher's Weekly:
"... Besides being able to effortlessly multiply and divide huge sums in his head with the speed and accuracy of a computer, Tammet, the subject of the 2005 documentary Brainman, learned Icelandic in a single week and recited the number pi up to the 22,514th digit, breaking the European record. He also experiences synesthesia, an unusual neurological syndrome that enables him to experience numbers and words as "shapes, colors, textures and motions." Tammet traces his life from a frustrating, withdrawn childhood and adolescence to his adult achievements, which include teaching in Lithuania, achieving financial independence with an educational Web site and sustaining a long-term romantic relationship."
For you experts, what would Tammet's MBTI type be?