Thinking In Numbers: On Life, Love, Meaning, and Math

Tammet, Daniel

ISBN 10: 0316187372 / ISBN 13: 9780316187374

Published by Little, Brown and Company (edition First Edition), 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Thinking In Numbers: On Life, Love, Meaning, and Math
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (edition First Edition)
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0316187372
• ISBN 13: 9780316187374
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

The irresistibly engaging book that "enlarges one's wonder at Tammet's mind and his all-embracing vision of the world as grounded in numbers" (Oliver Sacks, MD).

Thinking in Numbers is the book that Daniel Tammet, mathematical savant and bestselling author, was born to write. In Tammet's world, numbers are beautiful and mathematics illuminates our lives and minds. Using anecdotes, everyday examples, and ruminations on history, literature, and more, Tammet allows us to share his unique insights and delight in the way numbers, fractions, and equations underpin all our lives.

Inspired variously by the complexity of snowflakes, Anne Boleyn's eleven fingers, and his many siblings, Tammet explores questions such as why time seems to speed up as we age, whether there is such a thing as an average person, and how we can make sense of those we love. His provocative and inspiring new book will change the way you think about math and fire your imagination to view the world with fresh eyes.

About the Author

Daniel Tammet is an essayist, novelist and translator. He is the author of Thinking in Numbers, Embracing the Wide Sky, and the New York Times bestseller Born on a Blue Day. Tammet is Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). He lives in Paris.