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Zusatztext His aim with Thinking in Numbers is to show that mathematics can be as rich! inspiring and human as literature - and to "bruise" the line between fiction and non-fiction... he succeeds magnificently. Informationen zum Autor Formerly an autistic child whose mother tongue was numbers, Daniel Tammet is the author of a rich and widely acclaimed body of work, including memoirs, essays, literary reportage, poetry and fiction. Born on a Blue Day (2006) and Every Word is a Bird We Teach to Sing (2017) were named by Booklist magazine among the editors' annual selections. Thinking in Numbers (2012) was a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. Tammet's books have been translated into thirty languages. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Klappentext Mathematical savant and bestselling author of }Born on a Blue Day{ was destined to write this hugely thought-provoking new book. Tammet explores the seemingly unanswerable questions of why time seems to speed up as we age, whether there is such a thing as an average person, and how we can make sense of those we loveMathematical savant and bestselling author of BORN ON A BLUE DAY, this is Tammet's engaging and personal exploration of what numbers can teach us about our lives and minds. Zusammenfassung Mathematical savant and bestselling author of BORN ON A BLUE DAY, this is Tammet's engaging and personal exploration of what numbers can teach us about our lives and minds.
