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    <body><![CDATA[The problem with autobiography is that extraordinary people are not necessary good writers. Daniel Tammet has an extraordinary mind - he can visualise numbers, recite pi to record-breaking decimal places and learn languages with astounding ease*. This is linked to his Asperger's and also to epilepsy...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38655895">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Having two little brothers that fall on the Autistic Spectrum really made me empathize with Daniel Tammet and the struggles he faces every day just to function.   I like that he never glamorized his eventual worldwide fame as one of the few savants that exist and are open enough to tell their storie...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21324850">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think I was expecting something different when I picked up this book and even after I had seen part of the movie that was made about Daniel Tammet's life. I was hoping for more detail pertaining to how he sees numbers, people, letters, languages, etc. differently from other people. More about syne...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11681881">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My sister Kim recommended this book to me and I am very glad she did.  It concerns an interesting topic,austism. Daniel is an austic savant and in this book he tells his life story and the way he experiences the world.  For an austic person (he is obviously on the high-functioning scale) to clearly ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16951440">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not a bad book, but it could've been better. While the story is interesting to read, it never really managed to touch me or draw me in. It's informative to have a look into the mind of someone like Daniel Tammet, but I feel a collection of short essays on various aspects of how his mind works might ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49750198">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of and Autistic Savant by Daniel Tammet is an extraordinary, indeed, unprecedented memoir. Because savant syndrome and autism, even in it’s mildest form, affect emotional experience, social interaction, and imagination, the public communication of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43188662">more...</a>]]></body>
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