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Born On a Blue Day: A Memoir of Asperger's and an Extraordinary Mind
by Daniel Tammet
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0340899743
- ISBN 13
- 9780340899748
- Seller
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Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Hodder & Stoughton, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 256 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Edges browned slightly. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0340899743. ISBN/EAN: 9780340899748. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: RB16275. . 9780340899748
Synopsis
Born on a Blue Day is a journey into one of the most fascinating minds alive todayguided by the owner himself. Daniel Tammet is virtually unique among people who have severe autistic disorders in that he is capable of living a fully independent life and able to explain what is happening inside his head. He sees numbers as shapes, colors, and textures, and he can perform extraordinary calculations in his head. He can learn to speak new languages fluently, from scratch, in a week. In 2004, he memorized and recited more than 22,000 digits of pi, setting a record. He has savant syndrome, an extremely rare condition that gives him the most unimaginable mental powers, much like those portrayed by Dustin Hoffman in the film Rain Man . Fascinating and inspiring, Born on a Blue Day explores what its like to be special and gives us an insight into what makes us all humanour minds.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RB16275
- Title
- Born On a Blue Day: A Memoir of Asperger's and an Extraordinary Mind
- Author
- Daniel Tammet
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0340899743
- ISBN 13
- 9780340899748
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- BZDB1 Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0340899743 EAN: 9780340899748 Daniel Tammet Born On a Blue Day: A Memoir of Asperger's and an Extraordinary Mind
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About the Seller
Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
Biblio member since 2004
Katoomba, New South Wales
About Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
Mr Pickwick's occupies a large, 3-storey former Bank building in the heart of the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, Australia. We carry over 60,000 books in store, and cater to both the specialist collector trade as well as the general book trade in this region. Mr Pickwick's is one of the most comprehensive bookshops in Australia, and also operates an extensive Bookfinder service for its several thousand database clients.
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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- Tight
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- Spine
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