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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.
Tractor-trailer was on fire before it struck California tour bus, killing 10
2014-04-12 22:22:53| Air Courier - Topix.net
A tour bus from Canada carrying about 60 people bound for a New York City church event overturned on a highway exit ramp in northern New Jersey and slid down an embankment early Saturday, injuring about 12 people.
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Vehicle involved in chase struck by train near Prosser
2014-04-10 19:38:36| Railroads - Topix.net
The Ford Explorer was hit by a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train around 4:50 a.m. near milepost 85 off of Interstate 82, according to the Benton County Sheriff’s Office.
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Elk Grove Man Killed After Car Was Struck by Train
2014-03-27 18:46:14| Railroads - Topix.net
Whether he drove around downed crossing arms, or skidded through them on a wet roadway, an Elk Grove man died when his Toyota Carolla was hit by a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train at the crossing on Calvine Road Wednesday.
American Apparel robbery suspect may have previously struck stores in ...
2014-03-13 20:58:19| Apparel - Topix.net
A man who robbed the American Apparel on Magazine Street last week bears a striking resemblance to the suspect in robberies at two of the companies other stores in San Francisco and Denver, New Orleans police say, and may have robbed a Walmart in Kenner afterward.
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