Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Interview in Paris Match







An interview with me appears in this week's Paris Match - for those who read French, it can be read in full online here: http://www.parismatch.com/Actu-Match/Societe/Actu/Autisme-Asperger-un-handicap-invisible-90878/






Friday, April 17, 2009

Interview in Scientific American Mind


The April edition of 'Scientific American Mind' has an interview with me entitled 'Learn to Think Better: Tips from a Savant'. You can read it online here: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=think-better-tips-from-a-savant


Friday, March 27, 2009

French drawing for my book


A great illustration in last week's 'Livre Hebdo' magazine in France for an article on my book 'Embrasser le Ciel Immense' (Embracing the Wide Sky). The mother is scolding her child: 'How does one recognise a precocious genius? He writes on paper, not the walls!' to which her son replies: 'I didn't mean to!'


Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Pi Poem

Here is a new poem I just wrote, in English and French, for Pi Day (March 14th):

PI

Three, One, Four, One, Five, and On
The numbers recount their endless tale.
Three - Barefoot green, a silent voice.
White as hunger, One is twice
Bright like babies’ eyes.
Four is timid, envious of E.
Five, Punctuation or a pregnant sigh
Precedes proud Nine, colour of falling night.
Two, an unfastened knot,
A wayward wind, the hollow of Six resounding.
Nearby, Eight, a cloud of fireflies above a lake
Over which I skim Sevens
Remembering that Zero is nothing but a circle.

PI

Trois, Un, Quatre, Un, Cinq, et ainsi de suite
Les chiffres racontent leur histoire sans limite.
Trois – vert, les pieds nus, une voix silencieuse.
Blanc comme la faim, Un est vif
Comme les yeux d’un bébé.
Quatre est timide, envieux du E.
Cinq, ponctuation ou soupir lourd
Précède le Neuf fier, couleur d’une nuit tombante.
Deux, un nœud défait, vent rebelle,
Comme le creux du Six qui résonne.
Tout près, Huit, nuage de lucioles au dessus d’un lac
Sur lequel je fais des ricochets avec les Septs
En me souvenant que Zéro n’est rien qu’un cercle.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Embracing the Wide Sky German Edition


I'll be in Hamburg, Germany, next week to promote the German edition of 'Embracing the Wide Sky' entitled 'Wolkenspringer' (cloud jumper!) Here's what the book looks like:


Tuesday, February 10, 2009

CBC Hour photos on Flickr

A set of photos from my interview on CBC's 'The Hour' with George Stroumboulopoulos has been put up by the production team on Flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thehour/sets/72157613020564237/

Monday, February 09, 2009

Interview in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung




Here's an interview I recently gave on my book (German translation available by Patmos, entitled Wolkenspringer) and ideas:




http://www.faz.net/ (type 'Tammet' to find article - the link is too long to include in full here!)