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Struck by genius how a brain injury made me a mathematical marvel

"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. Y...

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Main Author: Padgett, Jason
Other Authors: Seaberg, Maureen Ann
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
Subjects:
Psychic trauma.
Savant syndrome.
Savants (Savant syndrome)
Stein, Sylvia tribute.
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Table of Contents:
  • Jason 2.0
  • Jason 1.0
  • Subtraction
  • Gray matter
  • Compounded losses
  • New gifts
  • The edge of a circle
  • Inflection point
  • Joe College
  • The hermit and the hermitage
  • The man from Planet Futon
  • Contact
  • Savant and Yogi?
  • It's all relative
  • Scandinavian spring
  • Traveling without moving
  • Pilgrimage to Wisconsin
  • No regrets.

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