Thinking in Numbers

Key Features

• Mathematical savant and bestselling author of Born On A Blue Day, this is Tammets engaging andpersonal exploration of what numbers can teach us about our lives and minds.
• Daniel Tammet is one of the worlds rare mathematical savants who holds the world record for reciting Pi to the greatest number of digits.
• Tammet makes maths accessible, enjoyable and relevant by linking it to the essential questions and experiences of our shared humanity: Why do the years go faster as we get older? Are we alone in the universe? Is there such a thing as an average person?
• Looking at everything from the mathematical qualities of great writing to the beauty of snowflakes, the importance of prime numbers, and the maths of coincidences, this is a wide-ranging, idiosyncratic book for the broad readership who enjoyed Alexs Adventures in Numberland and The Periodic Tales.

About the Book: Thinking in Numbers

This is the book that Daniel Tammet, bestselling author and mathematical savant, was born to write. In Tammet's world, numbers are beautiful and mathematics illuminates our lives and minds. Using anecdote and everyday examples, Tammet allows us to share his unique insights and delight in the way numbers, fractions and equations underpin all our lives.Inspired by the complexity of snowflakes, Anne Boleyn's sixth finger or his mother's unpredictable behaviour, 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.Thinking in Numbers will change the way you think about maths and fire your imagination to see the world with fresh eyes.

About the Author: Daniel Tammet

Daniel Tammet is the critically acclaimed author of the worldwide bestselling memoir, Born On A Blue Day, and the international bestseller Embracing The Wide Sky. Tammet's exceptional abilities in mathematics and linguistics are combined with a unique capacity to communicate what it's like to be a savant. His idiosyncratic world view gives us new perspectives on the universal questions of what it is to be human and how we make meaning in our lives. Tammet was born in London in 1979, the eldest of nine children. He lives in Paris.