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by Daniel Tammet · Hodder And Stoughton · tapa blanda · 240 pages
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En este libro, Daniel Tammet, autor superventas y experto en matemáticas, explora de manera personal y atractiva lo que los números pueden enseñarnos sobre nuestras vidas y mentes. A través de anécdotas y ejemplos cotidianos, Tammet comparte sus conocimientos únicos y nos invita a deleitarnos en la forma en que los números, las fracciones y las ecuaciones sustentan nuestra existencia. Inspirado en la complejidad de los copos de nieve, el sexto dedo de Ana Bolena o el comportamiento impredecible de su madre, Tammet explora preguntas como por qué el tiempo parece acelerarse a medida que envejecemos, si existe algo así como una persona promedio y cómo podemos dar sentido a aquellos a quienes amamos. 'Thinking in Numbers' cambiará tu forma de pensar sobre las matemáticas y encenderá tu imaginación para ver el mundo con nuevos ojos.

Daniel Paul Tammet is an English writer and savant. His memoir, Born on a Blue Day (2006), is about his early life with Asperger syndrome and savant syndrome, and was named a "Best Book for Young Adults" in 2008 by the American Library Association's Young Adult Library Services magazine. Tammet's second book, Embracing the Wide Sky, was one of France's best-selling books of 2009. His third book, Thinking in Numbers, was published in 2012 by Hodder & Stoughton in the United Kingdom and in 2013 by Little, Brown and Company in the United States and Canada. Tammet's books have been published in over 20 languages.