Nine Minds, Daniel Tammet
Nine Minds, Daniel Tammet
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Nine Minds
Inner Lives on the Spectrum

Author: Daniel Tammet

Narrator: Mark Meadows, Jess Nesling

Unabridged: 9 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/01/2025

Synopsis

From the New York Times bestselling author of Born on a Blue Day and Thinking in Numbers, this poignant, perspective-altering book celebrates the power and beauty of the neurodivergent mind, as told through the true stories of nine contemporary men and women on the autism spectrum.A Japanese researcher in psychology sets out to measure loneliness while drawing on her own experience of autism. A quirky boy growing up in 1950s Ottawa sows the seeds of his future Hollywood stardom. In the US, a nonverbal man explores body language, gesture by eloquent gesture, in his mother’s yoga classes.Nine Minds delves into the extraordinary lives of nine neurodivergent men and women from around the globe. From a Fields Medal–winning mathematician to a murder detective, a pioneering surgeon to a bestselling novelist, each is remarkable in their field, and each is changing how the world sees those on the spectrum.Exploding the tired stereotypes of autism, Daniel Tammet—acclaimed author and an autistic savant himself—reaches across the divides of age, gender, sexuality, and nationality to draw out the inner worlds of his subjects. Telling stories as richly diverse as the spectrum itself, this illuminating, life-affirming work of narrative nonfiction celebrates the power and beauty of the neurodivergent mind, and the daring freedom with which these individuals have built their lives.

About Daniel Tammet

Daniel Tammet is the subject of the award-winning TV documentary The Boy with the Incredible Brain, as well as a BBC Radio 4 documentary and the Kate Bush song “Pi.” He is the author of ten books, including the global bestseller Born on a Blue Day. His writing has appeared in Esquire, the Times Literary Supplement, and Guardian, and his books have been translated into thirty languages. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2012 and awarded an honorary doctorate by his alma mater, The Open University, in 2023. Daniel Tammet lives in Paris. 

About Mark Meadows

Mark Meadows is an actor and audiobook narrator. He can be heard on the radio broadcasts of Lost Souls and The Worst Journey in the World, both first aired for BBC Radio. On television, he has appeared as Reverend Wallace in EastEnders. He also has extensive credits as a composer and arranger.

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“[Tammet] celebrates the gifts and talents of autistic people, while exploring the richness of their desires and dreams…It is not that…Tammet’s subjects [do] not listen, but that they listen and perceive differently. This is a quietly radical revelation which speaks to the essence of the neurodiversity movement: If there is a deficit in society, then it does not lie in an autistic person’s differences of perception, but in neurotypical assumptions that govern human relations.” Guardian 

“[Tammet] is challenging the stereotypes of autism and it’s fascinating.” Jeremy Vine, BBC Radio 2

“[Tammet] has done so much to forward our understanding of people on the spectrum.” The Late Show, BBC Sounds 

“Remarkable.” Independent on Sunday 

“Tammet’s writing is eloquent and moving but always uncomplicated.” Radio Times 

“So elegantly written.” Daily Telegraph 

“A charmingly precise, tenderly honest account.” Daily Express 

“A memoir of outstanding lucidity and charm.” The Sunday Times 

“Skillfully gives each portrait color and personality so they zip along, with loves, joys, and challenges effortlessly woven together in an engaging but sensitive style.” New Scientist 

“Nine Minds is a celebration of autistic talent and depth, but Tammet also writes of ‘defying outdated prejudices.’ It is a sad illustration of their potency that…this book should feel so fresh.” Times Literary Supplement

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