The World's Smartest Man


	The World's Smartest Man

Homonculus

3-28-2007 6:22 PM

1932 views

tags:

savant, autism, smart, brain, mind, pi, math

Homonculus says:

Meet Daniel Tammet - an autistic savant who can perform mind-boggling mathematical calculations, speaks seven languages, but he has trouble telling left from right.

2 Comments |

Add a Comment

4-3-2007 10:50 PM

Torley

He's such a hero of mine! What a smart, gracious guy!

4-26-2007 5:10 PM

skwirlinator

Popped for the 'est'
I like to read about extremes

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page

View the Top Clips from March 28, 2007

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/a0b1f15f-12c8-49ac-a1b3-584655cae055/EB238203-7589-4CB9-80F5-F4E2F50A5B39/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://notelay.com/articles/people/the_worlds_smartest_man/" href="http://notelay.com/articles/people/the_worlds_smartest_man/" style="font-size: 11px;">notelay.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://notelay.com/articles/people/the_worlds_smartest_man/"><P><STRONG>Daniel Tammet</STRONG> is a 27 year-old math and memory wizard. He can calculate numbers to hundreds of decimal points in seconds and learn new languages in a week. He is a savant... with a difference. Unlike most savants, he shows no obvious mental disability, and most importantly, he can describe his own thought process.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://notelay.com/articles/people/the_worlds_smartest_man/"><P>Daniel Tammet first came to worldwide attention in March 2004 on <A title="Have a Happy Pi Day" href="http://notelay.com/articles/math__physics/have_a_happy_pi_day/">International Pi Day</A> (3/14, of course) when he recited, <A title="Anyone can do it!" href="http://notelay.com/articles/people/david_thomas_memory_man/">from memory</A>, Pi to 22,514 decimal places. It took over five hours and set a new European record. The event, which Daniel named "<EM>Pi in the Sky</EM>", coincided with Einstein's birthday and took place in front of Einstein's blackboard at the <EM>Museum of the History of Science</EM> in Oxford, England.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/EB238203-7589-4CB9-80F5-F4E2F50A5B39/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

New from the makers of Clipmarks: Amplify.com - Don't just share the news...Amplify it!

Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard

Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment

Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch

Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map

About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Copyright; Privacy; EULA

Search Options

Today's Top Clips