Born on a Blue Day

Born on a Blue Day

2007 • 308 pages

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One of the worlds only 50 living autistic savants is the first to tell his compelling and inspiring life story, and explain how his incredible mind works. While Tammets brain has amazed scientists for years, readers will be moved by this remarkable mans story.


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This was a very interesting book about Savant Syndrome, synesthesia and autism. I liked Tammet's accounts of learning Icelandic and memorizing the number pi up to over 22,500 digits.

June 22, 2010

My plot summary (spoilers):

“This happened, then this happened, then this happened, everyone was nice and I overcame adversity”