Transcript Daniel Tammet - Tallinn University

Extraordinary savant
Daniel Tammet
Who is he?
Daniel Paul Corney
(Tammet)
31 Jan 1979
Autist (Savant synd)
English writer
‘’Born on a Blue Day’’
Polyglot (mänti
language)
Why is he special ?
Ability to describe the world the way he
perceives it
Certain obsessions
Amazing memory (π 22 514 places)
Visualises numbers through different
shapes and colours (=landscape)
Early life
The eldest of nine children
School time
Obsessive collecting (ladybirds, chestnuts,
leaflets)
Games with his siblings such as ‘’library,’’
‘’ironing’’
Teenager years and beyond
As an English teacher in Lithuania
Documentary ‘’Brainman’’
Used materials
 http://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_tammet_different_
ways_of_knowing.html
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Tammet
 Tammet, D. (2007) Sündinud sinisel päeval
Thanks for listening !
Anelle Olonen
KAEPB-2