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Book Synopsis Islands of Genius by : Darold A. Treffert
Download or read book Islands of Genius written by Darold A. Treffert and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2011-10-12 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fascinating book, Dr. Treffert looks at what we know about savant syndrome, and at new discoveries that raise interesting questions about the hidden brain potential within us all. He looks both at how savant skills can be nurtured, and how they can help the person who has them, particularly if that person is on the autism spectrum.
Book Synopsis The Wine Savant: A Guide to the New Wine Culture by : Michael Steinberger
Download or read book The Wine Savant: A Guide to the New Wine Culture written by Michael Steinberger and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2013-12-02 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a guide to wine that is overflowing with practical advice on thinking about wine, becoming a shrewd wine buyer, and enjoying the wine you drink.
Book Synopsis Sentimental Savants by : Meghan K. Roberts
Download or read book Sentimental Savants written by Meghan K. Roberts and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-10-26 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Men of Letters, Men of Feeling -- 2. Working Together -- 3. Love, Proof, and Smallpox Inoculation -- 4. Enlightening Children -- 5. Organic Enlightenment -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index
Book Synopsis The Savant and the State by : Robert Fox
Download or read book The Savant and the State written by Robert Fox and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This debate, Fox argues, became a contest for the hearts and minds of the French citizenry.
Book Synopsis Extraordinary People by : Darold A. Treffert
Download or read book Extraordinary People written by Darold A. Treffert and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time in Extraordinary People, the psychiatrist who was a consultant to the movie Rain Man, collects the most fascinating cases of Savant Syndrome both in history and modern times. Dr. Treffert documents the spectacular abilities—the islands of genius—in these remarkable persons, and describes as well the love, determination and dedication of their equally remarkable families, teachers and caretakers. He shares the observations of the far-reaching implications this astonishing condition has for understanding brain function and hidden potential in all of us.
Download or read book Musical Savants written by Leon K. Miller and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2014-01-02 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the case study of "Eddie" as his framework, Professor Miller challenges the prevailing notion that musical savants are essentially phenomenal tape recorders and deals with the issue of "idiot savants" in a detailed, empirical investigation. Through "Eddie" the author discusses, in specific and in general, topics including the background and historical context of musical savants; other cases; data regarding the nature of the skills exhibited and the associated developmental deficits; and descriptions of a series of experiments used to define Eddie's talent. Finally, the author considers more general issues raised by savant behavior, particularly functions served by savant behavior, theories regarding its etiology, and its role in general development.
Book Synopsis The Real Rain Man, Kim Peek by : Kim Peek
Download or read book The Real Rain Man, Kim Peek written by Kim Peek and published by Harkness Publishing Consultants. This book was released on 1997-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A father's inspiring account of Kim Peek, made famous by Oscar winner Dustin Hoffman.
Book Synopsis Bright Splinters of the Mind by : Beate Hermelin
Download or read book Bright Splinters of the Mind written by Beate Hermelin and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2001 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on 20 years of research, Hermelin describes not just what autistic savants do, but how they do it. In her fascinating and highly informative book she describes her investigations into the nature of the talents of savants who are gifted at poetry, foreign language acquisition, the visual arts, music, and calendar and numerical calculations.
Book Synopsis Embracing the Wide Sky by : Daniel Tammet
Download or read book Embracing the Wide Sky written by Daniel Tammet and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-01-06 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Owner of "the most remarkable mind on the planet," (according to Entertainment Weekly) Daniel Tammet captivated readers and won worldwide critical acclaim with the 2007 New York Times bestselling memoir, Born On A Blue Day, and its vivid depiction of a life with autistic savant syndrome. In his fascinating new book, he writes with characteristic clarity and personal awareness as he sheds light on the mysteries of savants' incredible mental abilities, and our own. Tammet explains that the differences between savant and non-savant minds have been exaggerated; his astonishing capacities in memory, math and language are neither due to a cerebral supercomputer nor any genetic quirk, but are rather the results of a highly rich and complex associative form of thinking and imagination. Autistic thought, he argues, is an extreme variation of a kind that we all do, from daydreaming to the use of puns and metaphors. Embracing the Wide Sky combines meticulous scientific research with Tammet's detailed descriptions of how his mind works to demonstrate the immense potential within us all. He explains how our natural intuitions can help us to learn a foreign language, why his memories are like symphonies, and what numbers and giraffes have in common. We also discover why there is more to intelligence than IQ, how optical illusions fool our brains, and why too much information can make you dumb. Many readers will be particularly intrigued by Tammet's original ideas concerning the genesis of genius and exceptional creativity. He illustrates his arguments with examples as diverse as the private languages of twins, the compositions of poets with autism, and the breakthroughs, and breakdowns, of some of history's greatest minds. Embracing the Wide Sky is a unique and brilliantly imaginative portrait of how we think, learn, remember and create, brimming with personal insights and anecdotes, and explanations of the most up-to-date, mind-bending discoveries from fields ranging from neuroscience to psychology and linguistics. This is a profound and provocative book that will transform our understanding and respect for every kind of mind.
Download or read book Savant written by Nik Abnett and published by Solaris. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HIS MIND COULD SAVE THE WORLD... IF SHE CAN SAVE HIM FROM THE HUMAN RACE. The Shield is Earth’s only defence. Rendering the planet invisible from space, it keeps humanity safe – and hidden. The exceptional minds of the Actives maintain the Shield; without them it cannot function. When an Active called Tobe finds himself caught up in a probability loop, the Shield is compromised. Soon, Tobe’s malady spreads among the Actives and Earth becomes vulnerable for the first time in a generation. Tobe’s assistant, Metoo, is only interested in his wellbeing. Earth security’s paramount concern is the preservation of the Shield. As Metoo strives to prevent Tobe’s masters from undermining his fragile equilibrium, humanity is left dangerously exposed...
Download or read book The Savant written by Cass Tell and published by Destinee S.A.. This book was released on 2018 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would you do if you could predict future events? A boy realizes that he has this extraordinary ability. Enjoy The SAVANT, a profound and compelling story that follows the journey of a boy with a unique form of 'savant syndrome.'
Book Synopsis Born On A Blue Day by : Daniel Tammet
Download or read book Born On A Blue Day written by Daniel Tammet and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-01-09 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A journey into one of the most fascinating minds alive today—guided by the owner himself. Bestselling author Daniel Tammet (Thinking in Numbers) is virtually unique among people who have severe autistic disorders in that he is capable of living a fully independent life and able to explain what is happening inside his head. He sees numbers as shapes, colors, and textures, and he can perform extraordinary calculations in his head. He can learn to speak new languages fluently, from scratch, in a week. In 2004, he memorized and recited more than 22,000 digits of pi, setting a record. He has savant syndrome, an extremely rare condition that gives him the most unimaginable mental powers, much like those portrayed by Dustin Hoffman in the film Rain Man. Fascinating and inspiring, Born on a Blue Day explores what it’s like to be special and gives us an insight into what makes us all human—our minds.
Book Synopsis The Wine Savant: A Guide to the New Wine Culture by : Michael Steinberger
Download or read book The Wine Savant: A Guide to the New Wine Culture written by Michael Steinberger and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2013-12-02 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Entertaining and edifying. . . . [Steinberger] deftly shows how any and all of us can be savvier about wine.”—Bill Ward, Minneapolis Star Tribune Today’s dynamic wine culture calls for a different kind of wine book. The Wine Savant is just that: punchy, polemical, and brimming with insights to educate and entertain beginning wine drinkers and seasoned oenophiles alike. Never has the wine world had so much to offer, and never have smart decisions about value, quality, grape, and season been so difficult to make. In The Wine Savant, Michael Steinberger tramps through the world of contemporary wine—from three-buck Chuck and bucket-list Bordeaux to bottle speculators and biodynamic wineries—to give the inside scoop on the key concerns facing the new generation of wine lovers: • Why is California suddenly cool again? • What’s really the difference between a 95-point wine and a 94-point wine? • Why is Burgundy ascendant and Bordeaux suddenly so passé? • What’s a biodynamic wine, what’s a natural wine, and should you care? • Do food and wine pairings still matter? Featuring expert buying guides—including the New Kings of California and the World’s Great $25-and-Under Bottles—and tips on tough-to-pair cuisines like Indian and Japanese, The Wine Savant is the perfect guide to today’s often-bewildering realm of choice: ferociously opinionated and committed body and soul to enjoying every glass.
Author :Rebecca Dowd Geoffroy-Schwinden Publisher :Oxford University Press ISBN 13 :0197511511 Total Pages :337 pages Book Rating :4.1/5 (975 download)
Book Synopsis From Servant to Savant by : Rebecca Dowd Geoffroy-Schwinden
Download or read book From Servant to Savant written by Rebecca Dowd Geoffroy-Schwinden and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction -- Part I. Musical Privilege. Legal Privilège and Musical Production ; Social Privilège and Musician-Masons -- Part II. Property. Private Property : Music and Authorship ; Public Servants ; Cultural Heritage : Music as Work of Art ; National Industry : Music as a "Useful" Art and Science -- Postlude : A "Detractor" Breaks his "Silence" -- Conclusion : Privilege by Any Other Name.
Book Synopsis Sentimental Savants by : Meghan K. Roberts
Download or read book Sentimental Savants written by Meghan K. Roberts and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-10-26 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illuminating study of the marriages and family lives of Diderot, Lavoisier, and other geniuses of the Age of Reason. We may imagine the lone scientific or philosophical genius generating insights in isolation—but in reality, the families of scientists and philosophers during the Enlightenment played a substantial role, not only making space for inquiry within the home but also assisting in observing, translating, calculating, and illustrating. Sentimental Savants is the first book to explore the place of the family among the savants of the French Enlightenment, a group that openly embraced their families and domestic lives, even going so far as to test out their ideas, from education to inoculation, on their own children. Meghan K. Roberts delves into the lives and work of such major figures as Denis Diderot, Emilie Du Chatelet, the Marquis de Condorcet, Antoine Lavoisier, and Jerome Lalande to paint a striking portrait of how sentiment and reason interacted in the eighteenth century to produce not only new kinds of knowledge but new kinds of families as well. “[A] well-crafted study…an important contribution to what Robert Darnton has called ‘the social history of ideas.’”—Choice
Book Synopsis Every Word Is a Bird We Teach to Sing by : Daniel Tammet
Download or read book Every Word Is a Bird We Teach to Sing written by Daniel Tammet and published by Little, Brown Spark. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mind-expanding, deeply humane tour of language by the bestselling author of Born on a Blue Day and Thinking in Numbers. Is vocabulary destiny? Why do clocks "talk" to the Nahua people of Mexico? Will A.I. researchers ever produce true human-machine dialogue? In this mesmerizing collection of essays, Daniel Tammet answers these and many other questions about the intricacy and profound power of language. In Every Word Is a Bird We Teach to Sing, Tammet goes back in time to London to explore the numeric language of his autistic childhood; in Iceland, he learns why the name Blær became a court case; in Canada, he meets one of the world's most accomplished lip readers. He chats with chatbots; contrives an "e"-less essay on lipograms; studies the grammar of the telephone; contemplates the significance of disappearing dialects; and corresponds with native Esperanto speakers - in their mother tongue. A joyous romp through the world of words, letters, stories, and meanings, Every Word Is a Bird We Teach to Sing explores the way communication shapes reality. From the art of translation to the lyricism of sign language, these essays display the stunning range of Tammet's literary and polyglot talents.
Book Synopsis The Sasquatch Savant Theory by : Christopher Noël
Download or read book The Sasquatch Savant Theory written by Christopher Noël and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1.THE MIND OF SASQUATCH:Although we cannot yet study the psychology of Sasquatch directly, we are in good position already to make educated guesses about their mentality based on behavioral analysis. Skeptics are fond of asking, as though no answer were remotely possible, "HOW could an eight-foot-tall primate exist undiscovered in our back yard?" Meeting the issue head-on, THE MIND OF SASQUATCH outlines the Sasquatch Savant Theory, revealing a personality profile of the species that differs substantially from any offered before. Sasquatch are hardwired by evolution to conceal themselves, interacting with us only in a mediated, indirect fashion. Their tactical genius and other striking abilities mirror gifts seen in people known as autistic savants. Exploring this surprising connection in detail, THE MIND OF SASQUATCH makes a fresh contribution to our collective pursuit of one of the profound puzzles of our time-the true nature of this kindred species.*** 2.THE MIND OF SASQUATCH II: The second book deepens the analysis of this parallel while continuing the earlier survey across the scientific landscape: cutting-edge analysis of ancient DNA, fresh insights into Sasquatch origins, and the likely role of autistic traits within human evolution. The book opens, however, with the story of Noël's 2015 field research in the ravine, which yielded Sasquatch video footage and, more importantly, an unforgettable lesson.*** 3. THE GIRL WHO SPOKE WITH GIANTS: Twelve-year-old Pamela Manchester is an autistic savant whose reputation for amazing feats of memory and perception is quickly spreading. Large crowds flock to her live performances. YouTube and Facebook fame are gaining momentum. Back home in rural Minnesota, the girl has different priorities altogether. If not for her ambitious father, managing her "career," she would be happy just repeating her forest routines, learning esoteric facts about nature, and playing Minecraft on her Kindle. The more he tries to control her, the more she fights back. This battle of wills seems hopeless until a family of Sasquatch gradually makes its presence known, changing everything-for better and for worse.*** Table of Contents for THE MIND OF SASQUATCH and THE MIND OF SASQUATCH II:1. Against Projection2. You Can't Teach a Butterfly to Bark 3. Why the "Training" Concept Does Not Work 4. Percussion as Proof?5. Order vs. Chaos, Part One 6. The Sasquatch Listening Project 7. Order vs. Chaos, Part Two 8. Morning Visits 9. Why all the Music? 10. Incoming! 11. Swaying 12. Exposure Anxiety 13. The Meaning of "Aim" 14. Field Notes from the Gorilla Nation 15. A Day on the Clock 16. Habituation Sites 17. Echolalia 18. Stick and Tree Structures 19. Indirect Communication 20. So Close Yet So Far 21. The Native American Question 22. Wildness vs. Human Self-Domestication 23. A Crash Course in Hybridization 24. News Flash: We Ourselves are Hybrids 25. Melba Ketchum and the Hybrid Theory of Sasquatch Origins 26. Autistic Savants and "Animal Genius" (Temple Grandin) 27. Animals Aren't Ambivalent 28. The Birth of Logos 29. The Ratchet Effect 30. Pattern Recognition and Strategic Thinking 31. Proto-Humans and Autism 32. Autism as Naturally Selected? 33. Morning Visits 2015: A New Tactic34. The Kid Pays a Visit35. The Return of Music Man: A Crystallizing Moment36. Remembering the Autism Parallel37. An Insider's Perspective38. "Buzz Junkie"39. Nature or Nurture?40. Thinking Back: Autism in Prehistory41 Sasquatch, Who's Your Mama?42. TOP on the Spectrum, Too? What Ancient DNA is Revealing43. Sense of Time44. Facial Expression and Staring45. How Typical is Music Man? Drumming Heard across North America46. Language, Part One47. The Order of Things48. Language, Part Two49. An Example in the Heartland50. Breaking Things51. Flight Distance52. The Changelings
