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Struck By Genius: How A Brain Injury Made Me A Mathematical Marvel (2014)

by Jason Padgett(Favorite Author)

3.36 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0544045602 (ISBN13: 9780544045606)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

review 1: I'm curious to see the film adaptation. I have a character in one of my own stories that gets hit by a cab and has a similar "polar shift" from regular guy to successful artist, so I hope it doesn't become a cliche, but rather an opportunity to explore the boundary of creativity and brain function/health, which I think is Jason's objective. But who knows how the story will get distorted in the process. Understanding synesthesia for those that don't have it is subjective to say the least. I suspect the book already has quite a bit of confabulation and the film with amplify it.
review 2: His personal story and some parts of the descriptions of math and brain functions were fascinating. However, it seemed to get bogged down in redundancy and over-explanations at ... moretimes. From a writing standpoint, his paragraph development could be better. Many times his flow would make a hard turn mid-paragraph which was challenging at times. It was a good book though. His discussion of the coexistence and intermingling of philosophy and physics was very thought provoking. less

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