Thinking in Numbers : On Life, Love, Meaning, and Math

from MarkBeronte

 THINKING IN NUMBERS is the book that Daniel Tammet, mathematical savant and bestselling author, was born to write. In Tammet's world, numbers are beautiful and mathematics illuminates our lives and minds. Using anecdotes, everyday examples, and ruminations on history, literature, and more, Tamme...

from PDCRead

This is a series of essays by Trammet, an autistic savant, with the common themes of numbers. Almost all the essays are fascinating, and are written with a refreshing clarity and eloquence. The subjects of the essays are wide and not what you would always consider to be mathematical, but they are...

from jessicadelellis

I didn't understand some of the essays, but some were so mind blowing. Definitely makes you think twice about the role of numbers in our lives.

from Eyejaybee

This was, without let or hindrance, without qualification or hint of doubt, the most fatuous book that I have read all year. marketed as an analysis of the ways in which mathematics affects all our lives, this is in fact a series of mindless essays based around contrived and extremely tenuous con...

from NRTurner

Between the author's and the abridger's attempts to make a dry abstract subject interesting for the lay reader, I found the concentration on surface details frustrating.In the end it does convey the mystery and awe of mathematics, a little of what mathematicians do and why men and women feel pass...