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    Struck by Genius: How a Brain Injury Made Me a Mathematical Marvel
    Struck by Genius: How a Brain Injury Made Me a Mathematical Marvel
    Struck by Genius: How a Brain Injury Made Me a Mathematical Marvel
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    Struck by Genius: How a Brain Injury Made Me a Mathematical Marvel

    Written by Jason Padgett and Maureen Ann Seaberg

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    The remarkable story of an ordinary man who was transformed when a traumatic injury left him with an extraordinary gift

    No one sees the world as Jason Padgett does. Water pours from the faucet in crystalline patterns, numbers call to mind distinct geometric shapes, and intricate fractal patterns emerge from the movement of tree branches, revealing the intrinsic mathematical designs hidden in the objects around us.

    Yet Padgett wasn’t born this way. Twelve years ago, he had never made it past pre-algebra. But a violent mugging forever altered the way his brain works, giving him unique gifts. His ability to understand math and physics skyrocketed, and he developed the astonishing ability to draw the complex geometric shapes he saw everywhere. His stunning, mathematically precise artwork illustrates his intuitive understanding of complex mathematics.

    The first documented case of acquired savant syndrome with mathematical synesthesia, Padgett is a medical marvel. Struck by Genius recounts how he overcame huge setbacks and embraced his new mind. Along the way he fell in love, found joy in numbers, and spent plenty of time having his head examined. Like Born on a Blue Day and My Stroke of Insight, his singular story reveals the wondrous potential of the human brain.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateApr 22, 2014
    ISBN9781480584952
    Author

    Jason Padgett

    MAUREEN SEABERG is an author with several forms of synesthesia and is an expert synesthesia blogger for Psychology Today. She has written for The New York Times; The Daily Beast; The Huffington Post; O, The Oprah Magazine; and ESPN: The Magazine and has appeared on MSNBC, PBS and The Lisa Oz Show on Oprah Radio. She lives in New York. JASON PADGETT is an aspiring number theorist and mathematician with acquired savant syndrome and synesthesia. He is currently the manager of three Planet Futon stores in Tacoma, Washington. His drawings of the grids and fractals he sees synesthetically won Best International Newcomer in the Art Basel Miami Beach competition. He lives in Tacoma, Washington.

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      The book seemed a bit repetitive as it went on. It is a really fascinating story.
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      This was a very interesting book! Thank you for sharing your story.