Comments on: A real life Reason Cansino

By: Tap

Tap — Sun, 20 May 2007 01:45:30 +0000

How can Reason narrate in the first person and not survive? Hmm…

By: Elmo

Elmo — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:44:52 +0000

And that means, what, exactly?

By: scott w

scott w — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:19:56 +0000

you also forgot to mention that he works in number patterns, though primes instead of fibs.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 04:04:02 +0000

Dont’ worry, I won’t ask. I hate having a surprise be spoiled. Its horrible!

By: Justine

Justine — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 03:18:25 +0000

Da: Indeed, he has won the Field. I also totally forgot to mention that he’s an Aussie boy.

Steve: I suspect that there are heaps of child prodigy who don’t so much as burn out as they stop being prodigies. But yeah it’s very cool that Tao has gone onto be a leader in his field. (And not just because he’s Australian.)

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 01:09:11 +0000

A writer friend of Holly’s… I forget his name but he was at a signing at Books of Wonder, said that so many child prodigies burn out. I’m always fascinated by the survivor tales.

By: da

da — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:52:30 +0000

and has been awarded the Field Medal, maths equivalent of Nobel prize

By: Little Willow

Little Willow — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:33:04 +0000

Math rules. Lists rule. I could definitely make a book out of my lists.

By: Kelly Jones

Kelly Jones — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:47:04 +0000

Did you hear the article Elizabeth Bear linked to the other week?
I think Daniel Tammet would call himself another person whose life has not been ruined by the way his mind works.
(There’s a link to the first chapter of his autobiography, too — fascinating!)
–Kelly