1. Daniel Tammet Extraordinary savant

2. Who is he?  Daniel Paul Corney (Tammet)  31 Jan 1979  Autist (Savant synd)  English writer ‘’Born on a Blue Day’’  Polyglot (mänti language)

3. Why is he special ?  Ability to describe the world the way he perceives it  Certain obsessions  Amazing memory (π 22 514 places)  Visualises numbers through different shapes and colours (=landscape)

7. Early life  The eldest of nine children  School time  Obsessive collecting (ladybirds, chestnuts, leaflets)  Games with his siblings such as ‘’library,’’ ‘’ironing’’

8. Teenager years and beyond  As an English teacher in Lithuania  Documentary ‘’Brainman’’

9. Used materials  http://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_tammet_different_ ways_of_knowing.html http://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_tammet_different_ ways_of_knowing.html  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Tammet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Tammet  Tammet, D. (2007) Sündinud sinisel päeval

10. Thanks for listening ! Anelle Olonen KAEPB-2