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Born on a Blue Day is a journey into one of the most fascinating minds alive todayguided by the owner himself. Daniel Tammet is virtually unique among people who have severe autistic disorders in that he is capable of living a fully independent life and able to explain what is happening inside his head.
He sees numbers as shapes, colors, and textures, and he can perform extraordinary calculations in his head. He can learn to speak new languages fluently, from scratch, in a week. In 2004, he memorized and recited more than 22,000 digits of pi, setting a record. He has savant syndrome, an extremely rare condition that gives him the most unimaginable mental powers, much like those portrayed by Dustin Hoffman in the film Rain Man.
Fascinating and inspiring, Born on a Blue Day explores what it’s like to be special and gives us an insight into what makes us all humanour minds.
From Publishers Weekly
This unique first-person account offers a window into the mind of a high-functioning, 27-year-old British autistic savant with Asperger's syndrome. Tammet's ability to think abstractly, deviate from routine, and empathize, interact and communicate with others is impaired, yet he's capable of incredible feats of memorization and mental calculation. Besides being able to effortlessly multiply and divide huge sums in his head with the speed and accuracy of a computer, Tammet, the subject of the 2005 documentary Brainman, learned Icelandic in a single week and recited the number pi up to the 22,514th digit, breaking the European record. He also experiences synesthesia, an unusual neurological syndrome that enables him to experience numbers and words as "shapes, colors, textures and motions." Tammet traces his life from a frustrating, withdrawn childhood and adolescence to his adult achievements, which include teaching in Lithuania, achieving financial independence with an educational Web site and sustaining a long-term romantic relationship. As one of only about 50 people living today with synesthesia and autism, Tammet's condition is intriguing to researchers; his ability to express himself clearly and with a surprisingly engaging tone (given his symptoms) makes for an account that will intrigue others as well. (Jan.)
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本書はアスペルガー症候群、いわゆる知的障害を伴わない自閉症の27歳のイングランド人の青年によって書かれた
一人称の自伝です。彼は数学と高度な語学習得に非凡な才能を持っています。
自閉症の人はよく他人の表情を読むことが出来ないとか、嘘がつけないとか、抽象的なことが苦手だとか言われます。
友達を作るのが難しいとか、ボディコンタクトが嫌いだとか、うるさい場所や人混みは苦手だとか、
集中するのが難しいとか、そういったことを、実際に本人がどんな風に感じているかということが書かれた
貴重な本だと思いました。
そして少しだけ、我が愛すべき自閉症の甥っ子が日々感じているストレスへの理解に近づけたかもしれないと思うと、
読んですごく良かったと思いました。
また著者ダニエルがアイスランド語を習得してゆく課程は、外国語を学ぶ者としては非常に興味深いです。
アイスランドと言われて、にわかには場所もよくわからないし、この言語を話している人口はわずか30万人で、
話せるようになったところで、たった30万人の人とより濃密な会話を出来る可能性が出来るに過ぎない言語（理屈っぽいか？）だから、多分外国人が習うためのテキストやメソッドなどがあるとは思えないので、どやねん？という興味が私を引きつけました。
文章は流れるようにのびのびしていて、ときには長文にもなりますが、驚くほど明解な文章で、
文法的にも常に正確で、最初のページを見たときにすっと英語が入ってくる感じがしました。
著者はイングランド人ですが、英語はどこか、ユニバーサルな印象の読みやすい英語です。
また下世話な話ですが、私が手にした237ページからなる版では文字が大きくて読みやすかったです。
本書は自閉症という困難を乗り越えると言うよりは自閉症というユニークな友達を受け入れつつ、
周囲のアシストを受けながら自分の得意分野をのばし、自分を受け入れてくれる伴侶ともであい、
自分にあった仕事を見つけ、精神的にも経済的にも自立してゆく青年の人生と今とが描かれています。
とても良い本に出会えたと思います。
本書はアスペルガー症候群、いわゆる知的障害を伴わない自閉症の27歳のイングランド人の青年によって書かれた
一人称の自伝です。彼は数学と高度な語学習得に非凡な才能を持っています。
自閉症の人はよく他人の表情を読むことが出来ないとか、嘘がつけないとか、抽象的なことが苦手だとか言われます。
友達を作るのが難しいとか、ボディコンタクトが嫌いだとか、うるさい場所や人混みは苦手だとか、
集中するのが難しいとか、そういったことを、実際に本人がどんな風に感じているかということが書かれた
貴重な本だと思いました。
そして少しだけ、我が愛すべき自閉症の甥っ子が日々感じているストレスへの理解に近づけたかもしれないと思うと、
読んですごく良かったと思いました。
また著者ダニエルがアイスランド語を習得してゆく課程は、外国語を学ぶ者としては非常に興味深いです。
アイスランドと言われて、にわかには場所もよくわからないし、この言語を話している人口はわずか30万人で、
話せるようになったところで、たった30万人の人とより濃密な会話を出来る可能性が出来るに過ぎない言語（理屈っぽいか？）だから、多分外国人が習うためのテキストやメソッドなどがあるとは思えないので、どやねん？という興味が私を引きつけました。
文章は流れるようにのびのびしていて、ときには長文にもなりますが、驚くほど明解な文章で、
文法的にも常に正確で、最初のページを見たときにすっと英語が入ってくる感じがしました。
著者はイングランド人ですが、英語はどこか、ユニバーサルな印象の読みやすい英語です。
また下世話な話ですが、私が手にした237ページからなる版では文字が大きくて読みやすかったです。
本書は自閉症という困難を乗り越えると言うよりは自閉症というユニークな友達を受け入れつつ、
周囲のアシストを受けながら自分の得意分野をのばし、自分を受け入れてくれる伴侶ともであい、
自分にあった仕事を見つけ、精神的にも経済的にも自立してゆく青年の人生と今とが描かれています。
とても良い本に出会えたと思います。
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円周率をほぼ無限に暗唱し、
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特異な能力に興味を持った方も多かったでしょう。
数字が色と形で見える共感覚について、
紆余曲折した幼少から青年期までの道のり（彼のパートナーは男性です）
などが真っ直ぐに描かれています。
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An astonishing book that will touch and warm your heart
2007/1/18
形式:ハードカバー
This is an astonishing book, written in first person. It is a memoir of the author's life with the "synaesthesia and savant syndrome", a rare form of Asperger's syndrome.
People with synaethesia see numbers as forms with color and texture, and days as vivid colors, and so Daniel Tammet has the ability to see in his mind numbers and days as colors, each number and day having its own distinct color as an attribute. A day with a color, like a flower with a scent! The blue day of the title of this book refers to Wednesday, which, like the number nine, he sees in his mind as blue. "I know it was a Wednesday," narrates Tammet, "because the date is blue in my mind and Wednesdays are always blue, like the number nine or the sound of loud voices arguing."
Daniel is also a savant, with a remarkable ability to multiply and divide given numbers with astonishing speed. He can recite from memory the number pi, 22 divided by 7, or 3.1428571 to 22,514 decimal places, a feat which will take him a little over five hours! He says numbers are beautiful things, and that pi is as beautiful as Mona Lisa.
Like Christopher John Francis Boone, the fifteen year old hero of Mark Haddon's novel, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time", Daniel, too, is very fond of prime numbers. "Prime numbers feel smooth, like pebbles," he says. He can recognize every prime number up to 9,973. He can speak in ten languages, including Icelandic, Lithuanian and Welsh, and he has the ability to learn a new language within a few days. He learnt Icelandic, for example, within a week; a most remarkable feat for any human being. He doesn't understand jokes easily, and the expressions on human faces he finds baffling. And like Christopher, he doesn't like to be touched.
He is perhaps the only person in this world with the "synaesthesia and savant syndrome" who has written a book in his own words, without using a ghost writer. What causes this syndrome is a mystery to neurologists; they have been trying to unravel the mystery, so far without much success. They speculate that a series of seizures Daniel suffered in his childhood might have caused the savant syndrome. But this is just their speculation; no one knows the real cause.
For a man who sees numbers and days as colors, this book is written in a simple, bland, colorless prose. Nevertheless, reading this book is a marvelous and rewarding experience. This book will touch and warm your heart.
People with synaethesia see numbers as forms with color and texture, and days as vivid colors, and so Daniel Tammet has the ability to see in his mind numbers and days as colors, each number and day having its own distinct color as an attribute. A day with a color, like a flower with a scent! The blue day of the title of this book refers to Wednesday, which, like the number nine, he sees in his mind as blue. "I know it was a Wednesday," narrates Tammet, "because the date is blue in my mind and Wednesdays are always blue, like the number nine or the sound of loud voices arguing."
Daniel is also a savant, with a remarkable ability to multiply and divide given numbers with astonishing speed. He can recite from memory the number pi, 22 divided by 7, or 3.1428571 to 22,514 decimal places, a feat which will take him a little over five hours! He says numbers are beautiful things, and that pi is as beautiful as Mona Lisa.
Like Christopher John Francis Boone, the fifteen year old hero of Mark Haddon's novel, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time", Daniel, too, is very fond of prime numbers. "Prime numbers feel smooth, like pebbles," he says. He can recognize every prime number up to 9,973. He can speak in ten languages, including Icelandic, Lithuanian and Welsh, and he has the ability to learn a new language within a few days. He learnt Icelandic, for example, within a week; a most remarkable feat for any human being. He doesn't understand jokes easily, and the expressions on human faces he finds baffling. And like Christopher, he doesn't like to be touched.
He is perhaps the only person in this world with the "synaesthesia and savant syndrome" who has written a book in his own words, without using a ghost writer. What causes this syndrome is a mystery to neurologists; they have been trying to unravel the mystery, so far without much success. They speculate that a series of seizures Daniel suffered in his childhood might have caused the savant syndrome. But this is just their speculation; no one knows the real cause.
For a man who sees numbers and days as colors, this book is written in a simple, bland, colorless prose. Nevertheless, reading this book is a marvelous and rewarding experience. This book will touch and warm your heart.
118 人中、110人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Breathtaking!
2007/1/26
形式:ハードカバー
A must read for parents and family of autistic children and adults. To finally discover an explanation for the little habits...obsession with spinning, walking in circles, plugging/covering of the ears, rocking... It's all here in one place. While I have become very accustomed to my son's habits, I have never understood what exactly was causing the behavior. After reading Tammet's book, I feel I can better help my son enjoy his environment.
60 人中、57人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Truly Unique Perspective on Autism from the Subject Himself
2007/1/31
形式:ハードカバー
If a picture is truly worth a thousand words, then the savant gifts of Daniel Tammet are all the more startling because he has an ability to meld his senses together seamlessly to see things nobody else can. It's an impressive, even daunting prowess that comes at a high price since he has Asperger's syndrome, a neurological disorder that causes him to be limited in his ability to fit in with the larger culture, as well as synaesthesia, a condition where sounds, words or numbers can translate into colors, shapes or textures. In fact, the latter condition is reflected in the book's title as he associates the color blue with Wednesdays. What makes this book so thoroughly unique is that the book is not a treatise of a subject by a medical professional but a memoir by the subject himself.
As such, there are no grand conclusions drawn about either medical condition, or scientific assumptions of how Tammet came to his gifts. What the author does quite plainly is share how he approaches such astonishing feats as reciting pi to over 22,000 decimal points over the course of five hours. We get a palpable sense of how he perceives theorems and automatically develops strategies based on his innate sense with numbers and images. But before you can say Rain Man, you also see a young man who is actually functioning in the world on his own, which illustrates perfectly the spectrum of severity with autism. Tammet's affliction has mild enough for him to be relatively self-sufficient, even though his struggles to gain societal acceptance have been a traumatizing road.
Raised by loving parents, he spent most of his childhood alone and could only relate to fellow outsiders like immigrants and exchange students, people who heightened his facility for foreign languages. There were signs - a hyper-sensitivity to noise; almost complete literal-mindedness; a narrow but intense interests in a few, eccentric subjects at the exclusion of others; displays of socially inappropriate behavior (which he has since been able to manage); and peculiarities in speech and thought patterns. It all comes together as a fascinating portrait with no pretense toward a false sense of triumph over extreme adversity. Such clichés are better left to Lifetime TV-movies since Tammet lives a good, simple life in London with his life partner Neil Mitchell and is busy creating a new language and conquering other mathematical frontiers. One cannot help but root for him thanks to his wonderfully personal, unaffected memoir.
As such, there are no grand conclusions drawn about either medical condition, or scientific assumptions of how Tammet came to his gifts. What the author does quite plainly is share how he approaches such astonishing feats as reciting pi to over 22,000 decimal points over the course of five hours. We get a palpable sense of how he perceives theorems and automatically develops strategies based on his innate sense with numbers and images. But before you can say Rain Man, you also see a young man who is actually functioning in the world on his own, which illustrates perfectly the spectrum of severity with autism. Tammet's affliction has mild enough for him to be relatively self-sufficient, even though his struggles to gain societal acceptance have been a traumatizing road.
Raised by loving parents, he spent most of his childhood alone and could only relate to fellow outsiders like immigrants and exchange students, people who heightened his facility for foreign languages. There were signs - a hyper-sensitivity to noise; almost complete literal-mindedness; a narrow but intense interests in a few, eccentric subjects at the exclusion of others; displays of socially inappropriate behavior (which he has since been able to manage); and peculiarities in speech and thought patterns. It all comes together as a fascinating portrait with no pretense toward a false sense of triumph over extreme adversity. Such clichés are better left to Lifetime TV-movies since Tammet lives a good, simple life in London with his life partner Neil Mitchell and is busy creating a new language and conquering other mathematical frontiers. One cannot help but root for him thanks to his wonderfully personal, unaffected memoir.
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