Although their unusual abilities compel considerable attention, there are fewer than 100 known prodigious savants living at the present time. Daniel Tammet is one of them. Over 30 years, the ...

Daniel Tammet’s understanding of language began with numbers. When he saw white flakes falling from the sky, though he pointed out the window and exclaimed “Snow” to his parents, his mind latched onto ...

Although their unusual abilities compel considerable attention, there are fewer than 100 known prodigious savants living at the present time. Daniel Tammet (http ...

Daniel Tammet says he wrote “Nine Minds: Inner Lives on the Spectrum” to fill a gap: what he sees as a dearth of true-life narratives about people who, like him, identify as autistic. “It was not so ...