Nine Minds: Inner Lives on the Spectrum

A Waterstones Best Popular Science Book Of 2024 Pick From The Bestselling Author Of Born On A Blue Day And Thinking In NumbersBursting With Feeling And Possibility Sunday TelegraphNine Minds Offers Something That Autistic People Urgently Need: It Humanises Us Katherine MayTammetS Exquisite Portraits Remind Us That The Variety Of Brains Is Every Bit As Essential As Any Other Form Of Diversity Andrew SolomonA Book As Beautiful As The Minds It Portrays Amy Tana 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 MotherS Yoga Classes. Nine Minds Delves Into The Extraordinary Lives Of Nine Neurodivergent Men And Women From Around The Globe. From A Fields MedalWinning 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, LifeAffirming 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. Nine Minds Reminds Us Of The Diversity Within Neurodiversity Graeme Simsion