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How a brain injury made me a mathematical marvel struck by genius. April 22, 2014 when padgett suffered a traumatic brain injury after a violent mugging, his sense of perception was profoundly altered. Upon regaining consciousness, padgett s sight was forever altered by a. How a brain injury made me a mathematical marvel book online at best prices in india on. Padgett is a number theorist with acquired savant syndrome from anchorage alaska, currently living in tacoma washington. That same night his stepfather died of cancer, and two weeks later his only brother. Jason padgett, maureen ann seaberg, jeff cummings, kate rudd. Jason padgett was an ordinary, not terribly bright, 41yearold working in his fathers furniture shop when he was the victim of a brutal mugging outside a karaoke bar in 2002. What would it be like to wake up one day after a lifetime of average academic performance and find that you had become a math genius. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. The book presents the life of an ordinary man, who until his late 20s, early 30s was a partying tomcat, working at his fathers furniture store and with no interest in science whatsoever. Struck by genius by jason padgett and maureen ann seaberg book. One of this books is the one that i will talk about today. When padgett suffered a traumatic brain injury after a violent mugging, his sense of perception was profoundly altered.
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The autobiography of jason padgett, struck by genius. Overnight, his life as a funloving salesman changed into one dominated by unprompted geometric visualizations and the unexpected insights of newfound mathematical brilliance. How a brain injury made me a mathematical marvel by jason padgett. Listen to struck by genius by maureen ann seaberg, jason. Produced by channing tatum and adapted from the autobiographical book struck by genius. How a brain injury made me a mathematical marvel jason padgett. How a brain injury made me a mathematical marvel jason padgett and maureen seaberg. Struck by genius recounts how he overcame huge setbacks and embraced his new mind.
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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. Struck by genius jason padgett and maureen seaberg. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading struck by genius. Be the first to ask a question about struck by genius. Struck by genius how a brain injury made me a mathematical marvel book. Struck by genius by jason padgett overdrive rakuten. Struck by genius travels seamlessly between the personal and the scientific in an engaging, finely rendered tale of a modernday phineas gageonly instead of losing his sense of self, padgett has gained a vision of the world that is as beautiful as it is challenging. The autobiography of jason padgett who became a genius with extraordinary mathematical gifts following a brutal mugging outside a bar in 2002.
He draws the grids and fractals he sees synesthetically. Padgett, a carefree college dropout suddenly becomes a brilliant savant mathematician after devastating beatings to the head by attackers. Jason padgett is an aspiring number theorist and mathematician with acquired savant syndrome and synesthesia. Struck by genius by jason padgett, 9780755364589, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
Struck by genius is a useful addition to the growing collection of memoirs written by acquired savants and i think is primarily of interest to those who have a particular interest in this topic. On a september night in 2002, jason padgett was brutally beaten outside a bar. Along the way he fell in love, found joy in numbers. How a brain injury made me a mathematical marvel by padgett, jason, seaberg, maureen isbn. There was a flash of white light and i heard a deep low sound, lower than the.
Jason padgett took the stage that night at the tacoma karaoke bar eleven years ago, reached for the microphone with his muscular arm and. When padgett suffered a traumatic brain injury after a violent mugging, his sense of. Along the way he fell in love, found joy in numbers, and spent plenty of time having his head examined. Throughout the book, doyle remains open and candid, whether shes. Struck by genius quotes by jason padgett goodreads. How a brain injury made me a mathematical marvel, the book i coauthored with jason about his stunning transformation, launches tomorrow by houghton mifflin harcourt. Struck by genius recounts how padgett overcame enormous setbacks and.