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05.09: Struck by Genius: How a Brain Injury Made Me a Mathematical Marvel
2014-04-16 00:34:59| Powells Books Events Calendar
No one sees the world as Jason Padgett does. Water pours from the faucet in crystalline patterns, numbers call to mind distinct geometric shapes, and intricate fractal patterns emerge from the movement of tree branches — revealing the intrinsic mathematical designs hidden in the objects around us. Padgett wasn't born this way. Twelve years ago, he had never made it past pre-algebra, but a violent mugging forever altered the way his brain works. The first documented case of acquired savant syndrome with mathematical synesthesia, Padgett is a medical marvel. Struck by Genius (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) is the remarkable story of an ordinary man whose world was transformed when a traumatic brain injury left him with an extraordinary mathematical gift.
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