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The Cataract of Time

Does our experience of time change as we age? Essay by Daniel Tammet celebrating mathematics. Read by James Anthony Pearson.

Written by Daniel Tammet.
Read by James Anthony Pearson.

Daniel Tammet's new collection of essays celebrates mathematics as "the science of imagination". In this extract he interrogates how our experience of time changes as we age.

Daniel Tammet is hailed the world over for his unique intelligence shaped by high-functioning autistic savant syndrome. His idiosyncratic world view provides new perspectives on the universal questions of what it is to be human and how we make meaning in our lives.

Abridged and produced by Kirsteen Cameron.

15 minutes

Last on

Fri 28 Jul 2017 02:45

Broadcasts

  • Thu 23 Aug 2012 09:45
  • Fri 24 Aug 2012 00:30
  • Thu 27 Jul 2017 14:45
  • Fri 28 Jul 2017 02:45

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