I am a Year 8 student at Tauranga Intermediate School in New Zealand. I am in Rm42 and my teacher is Miss Campbell.
Monday, 19 August 2013
Daniel Tammot
Daniel Tammot is a savant that could say 22 thousand numbers of π pi. It took him several weeks to study every individual number. When he went down to Oxford it took him five hours and he didn't make a single mistake. Daniel Tammot can time any number in under 10 seconds. Also he can tell you what day your birthday is going to be on and what day you were born. Daniel Tammot has an emotional connection with numbers when he thinks of one he thinks of what is would feel like and what it looks like. Another well known savant is George Finn, George Finn was in the movie rain man. Rain man was a movie created on savant people. Rain man could tell the weather of a day anytime in history. A savant is a autistic person that is extremely good at one or two things. There is ruffly 52 savants in the world. Its an extremely rare condition.
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