Description: Further DetailsTitle: Struck by GeniusCondition: NewSubtitle: How a Brain Injury Made Me a Mathematical MarvelAuthor: Jason Padgett, Maureen SeabergFormat: PaperbackISBN-10: 0755364600EAN: 9780755364602ISBN: 9780755364602Publisher: Headline Book PublishingGenre: BiographyTopic: Medicine, Society & Culture, Personal DevelopmentRelease Date: 02/05/2015Description: Jason Padgett was an ordinary, not terribly bright, 41-year-old working in his father's furniture shop when he was the victim of a brutal mugging outside a karaoke bar in 2002.That same night his stepfather died of cancer, and two weeks later his only brother went missing (his body was discovered three year later). The combined traumas of these three events proved, unsurprisingly, too much for Jason and he withdrew from life completely, living as a hermit for four years suffering with agoraphobia and the onset of OCD. During this time he developed a fascination with the principles of the physical universe, devouring mathematics and physics journals. He also started to see intricate webs of shapes in his head and discovered that he could draw these by hand.A chance encounter in a mall pointed him in the direction of college. There, his extraordinary mind was recognised, and he was set on a path in which his drawings were identified as mathematical fractals and neuroscientists were able to diagnose a unique individual.Jason is a miraculous everyman with an inspiring 'what if' story that pushes beyond the boundaries of what scientists thought possible.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 198mmItem Length: 133mmItem Width: 18mmItem Weight: 184gRelease Year: 2015 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Struck by Genius
Publication Name: Struck by Genius
Title: Struck by Genius
Subtitle: How a Brain Injury Made Me a Mathematical Marvel
Author: Maureen Seaberg
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0755364600
EAN: 9780755364602
ISBN: 9780755364602
Publisher: Headline Book Publishing
Genre: Biography
Topic: Personal Development
Release Date: 02/05/2015
Release Year: 2015
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 198mm
Item Length: 133mm
Item Width: 18mm
Item Weight: 184g