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Born on a Blue Day

Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant (Thorndike Press Large Print Biography Series)

By Daniel Tammet

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| Hardcover | 9780786295616

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Absolutely love it! David's story moves me a lot. He uses simple language to tell his story, and let you understand how he views this world through numbers. He is very articulate and honest about his own story. I become very interested about David and Asperger's syndrome after reading this book. You ... (continue)

Absolutely love it! David's story moves me a lot. He uses simple language to tell his story, and let you understand how he views this world through numbers. He is very articulate and honest about his own story. I become very interested about David and Asperger's syndrome after reading this book. You can also check out his documentary ''The boy with an incredible brain'' in youtube.

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― Saxyscuba said on Aug 12, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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書中談到數字的片斷總是令人驚嘆，沒想到這世上真有人能「漫步在數字世界中」（不是一種譬喻，而是實況描述），在作者筆下，數字的美遠超過常人能體會的。在閱讀此書時，我偶爾會因為作者把細節寫得太詳盡，或者小小重覆，或者敘事步調有些緩慢而略感不耐，然而瑕不掩瑜，這還是一本很值得一讀的書。

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― gentoo penguin said on Aug 2, 2007 | Add your feedback

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Discovering Daniel Tammet

I discovered this book because of a TV show in a Sunday afternoon:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-33723012366645…
More details about Daniel:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Tammet

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― Mingles said on Jul 21, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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Born On A Blue Day

I came across this book in the book fair and bought it simply because I got interested in autism after "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime". Therefore, when I was reading this book, I had no background information of Daniel Tammet, I had no idea how extraordinary he is. But in a way, i ... (continue)

I came across this book in the book fair and bought it simply because I got interested in autism after "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime". Therefore, when I was reading this book, I had no background information of Daniel Tammet, I had no idea how extraordinary he is. But in a way, it's good to start the book without any preconception, as you would be able to experience the incapability Daniel encountered in his childhood and adolescence.
One major message this autobiography conveyed is that autism is a mix of abilities and disabilities. Patients are generally in lack of interpersonal and communication skills, but they are talented in other areas like maths, arts, language, music etc. Therefore, they should not be viewed as disabled. From the book, I've actually realized that some "disabilities" Daniel encounters may exist in our lives too, such as feeling nervous in front of public, being uncomfortable among new faces. And what's really applauding is that Daniel who was born with these deficiencies being able to pick up social skills gradually. He's now able to face the public, travel around the world and adapt to frequent changes in life routine. So what Daniel really wants to impress me is not his gifted talents, but what he could overcome under autism. In the book, he mentioned about one line told by Kim Peek's father: "You don't have to be disable to be different. Everyone's different.". So what marks one's success is not his inborn talents, is what he achieves with all his effort and work. Daniel would only have been an ordinary autistic person if he hadn't worked so hard to overcome his incapability.

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― Bus Reader said on Sep 17, 2009 | Add your feedback

"Quite good" with a caveat - it's really not terribly well written. Fascinating, if you're interested in the way people's brains work (or don't), which I am, but there are times when his fascinations (for instance, his invented version of solitaire) can bog down the narrative.

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― Hold Your Spin said on Jul 3, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

A quick reading memoir of an autistic savant. This is written so even number challenged people can have a slight understanding of the amazing mind of Daniel Tammet. Would love to see the documentary about him as well.

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― Rameycreek said on Jun 27, 2009 | Add your feedback

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English Books
Hardcover 343 Pages
Edition: Lrg
ISBN-10: 0786295619
ISBN-13: 9780786295616
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Pub date: Jun 07, 2007
Dimensions: 22 cm x 14 cm x 3 cm Just how big is that?
Also available as: Paperback, Audio CD and Others
In other languages:
- 星期三是藍色的
  (繁體書)
- Je suis né un jour bleu
  (Livres Français)
- Nacido en un día azul
  (Libros en Español)
- Nato in un giorno azzurro
  (Libri Italiani)