- Born
- Birth nameDaniel Paul Tammet
- Nickname
- Brainman
- Daniel Tammet was born on January 31, 1979 in Barking, Essex, England, UK. He is a writer, known for The Universe and Me (2017), Librairie Mollat (2009) and La Veillée (2015).
- He is fluent in at least the following languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Finnish, Lithuanian, Estonian, Icelandic, and Esperanto. In addition, he has created three new languages called Mänti, Uusisuom, and Lapsi.
- Has asperger's syndrome, a form of autism. Also has synaesthesia, which is why he sees numbers as beautiful shapes and colors.
- When he learned to count at young age, he would see colors and pictures in his mind. At that time, he assumed that everyone saw numbers as he did.
- Is the European and British record holder and number four in the world in remembering the mathematical constant Pi. He used his incredible memory to recite 22,514 decimal places. [14 March 2004]
- His autobiography is a best-seller, translated into 20 languages. His second book details how the brain works.
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