Daniel Tammet Quotes About Math

Quotes about: Math

• Every culture has contributed to maths just as it has contributed to literature. It's a universal language; numbers belong to everyone.

  Daniel Tammet

  Math, Numbers, Culture

• When I multiply numbers together, I see two shapes. The image starts to change and evolve, and a third shape emerges. That's the answer. It's mental imagery. It's like maths without having to think.

  Daniel Tammet

  Math, Thinking, Two

  "A genius explains" by Richard Johnson, www.theguardian.com. February 11, 2005.

• My algebra was relatively poor. I found it very difficult to use equations that substituted numbers - to which I had a synesthetic and emotional response - for letters, to which I had none. It was because of this that I decided not to continue math at Advanced level, but chose to study history, French and German instead.

  Daniel Tammet

  Math, Emotional, Numbers

  Daniel Tammet (2007). “Born On A Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant”, p.108, Simon and Schuster

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