Nine Minds
Daniel Tammet

Nine Minds

In this vivid work of creative nonfiction, Daniel Tammet continues his celebrated exploration of the mind, drawing on self-knowledge and immersion research to narrate the stories and inner lives of nine men and women on the neuro-diverse spectrum.  

 

A Japanese researcher in psychology sets out to measure solitude after discovering her own autism. A quirky boy growing up in 1950s Ottawa sows the seeds of his future Hollywood stardom. A non-verbal son acquires body language, gesture by gesture, in his mother’s yoga classes. 

 

Nine Minds is a testament to the beauty and infinite variety of autistic imagination, in life as in literature. 

 

 

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Daniel Tammet

Daniel Tammet

Daniel Tammet is a writer, linguist and educator. A 2007 poll of 4,000 Britons named him as one of the world's "100 living geniuses". He is the creator of 'Optimnem', a website company that has provided language learning instruction to thousands around the globe. His 2006 memoir 'Born On A Blue Day' describing his life with high-functioning autistic savant syndrome was a Sunday Times (UK) and New York Times bestseller. It has sold over half a million copies worldwide, and been translated into 18 languages.Tammet is the subject of the 2005 award-winning documentary film 'Brainman' which has ...
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Book Reviews

  • "This book is a meeting of minds, in all their vast capacity, passionate commitments, and varied flavours - a profound act of appreciation of the many unexpected gifts of neurodivergence."
    Emma Donoghue
  • "Beautiful and intimate and mind-expanding. We generally presume that everyone's inner life is like our own;  only rarely do we get to dive deeply into the mind of another, much less nine of them. Tammet gives us this opportunity with his characteristic eloquence, insight and grace."
    David Eagleman, neurologist and author of Incognito and Livewired
  • "Daniel Tammet's wonderful portraits of autistic people's inner lives illustrate the range of neurodivergent talents and experiences, and celebrate human cognitive diversity."
    Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, director of the Autism Research Centre, Cambridge University, author of The Pattern Seekers
  • "There are more than nine minds in this book, there are ten: Daniel Tammet's own mind is there on every page, in the narrative flow, the wordplay and the empathy for his subjects. Nine Minds reminds us of the diversity within neurodiversity, and of the common challenges that the neurodivergent face. A fine contribution to the growing body of work by and about people who think differently."
    Graeme Simsion, author of The Rosie Project