A FEW REMARKABLE THINGS ABOUT Daniel Tammet: he can multiply 277 by 539 in his head; he can tell you what day of the week it was on 17 October 1959; he can learn a foreign language and be fluent in it ...

Daniel Tammet has been diagnosed as an "autistic savant". He can recite Pi to over 22,000 digits from memory and learn new languages in record time. His new book, Every Word is a Bird we Teach to Sing ...

Daniel Tammet’s understanding of language began with numbers. When he saw white flakes falling from the sky, though he pointed out the window and exclaimed “snow” to his parents, his mind latched onto ...

Although their unusual abilities compel considerable attention, there are fewer than 100 known prodigious savants living at the present time. Daniel Tammet is one of them. Over 30 years, the ...

Is it possible to learn German in just days? Linguistic savant Daniel Tammet managed to do so in the course of a week. Using his own special technique, the 30-year-old, who has a mild form of autism, ...

As a very young boy, Daniel Tammet suffered severe epileptic seizures that seriously damaged parts of his developing brain. Doctors diagnosed him as autistic, and he retreated into a world of his own.

“Words have been knots of beauty and mystery as long as I can remember,” writes the author of this insightful collection of 15 essays that explore language and its underappreciated nuances. The title, ...

This cover image released by Little, Brown and Company shows, "Every Word Is a Bird We Teach to Sing: Encounters with the Mysteries and Meanings of Language," by Daniel Tammet. (Little, Brown and ...

Although their unusual abilities compel considerable attention, there are fewer than 100 known prodigious savants living at the present time. Daniel Tammet is one of them. Over 30 years, the ...

Daniel Tammet has been diagnosed as an "autistic savant". He can recite Pi to over 22,000 digits from memory and learn new languages in record time. His new book, Every Word is a Bird we Teach to Sing ...