Daniel Tammet - Tallinn University
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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