Amazing Minds: Inside Autism

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Embracing the Wide Sky: A Tour Across the Horizons of the Mind
(Daniel Tammet)

Boy Alone: A Brother's Memoir
(Karl Taro Greenfeld)

Create Your Own Economy: The Path to Prosperity In A Disordered World
(Tyler Cowen)

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Autism: The Musical
(Tricia Regan)

Incidental Music:

'The Artifact & Living', 'Liquid Spear Waltz', 'Did you Know Him?', 'Gretchen Ross'
(Michael Andrews)
Autism: The Musical
07.18.2010
 (was 08.02.2009)

He's been described as "the most remarkable mind on the planet" and one of the world's "100 living geniuses." Daniel Tammet lives with high-functioning autistic savant syndrome. He's able to recite the mathematical constant Pi to over 22,500 decimal places from memory. But Tammet says that the differences between savant and non-savant minds are exaggerated. Daniel Tammet explains how his amazing mind works. Also, philosophy professor Ian Hacking on "Humans, Aliens and Autism."

  1. Daniel Tammet on "Embracing the Wide Sky"

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    Daniel Tammet may be the most remarkable mind on the planet.

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    "Autism: The Musical." It's about a group of autistic children who decide to put on their own show.

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  3. Karl Taro Greenfeld on "Boy Alone"

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    Karl Taro Greenfeld tells Jim Fleming he's never had a conversation with his brother.

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  4. Ian Hacking on "Humans, Aliens and Autism"

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    In "Humans, Aliens and Autism" Ian Hacking analyzes the use of the alien metaphor as applied to people with autism.

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  5. Tyler Cowan on a Disordered World

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    Tyler Cowan is an economics professor and author of "Create Your Own Economy: The Path to Prosperity In A Disordered World."

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