I recorded this show and show it sometimes in class. His '22,500' places of pi is billed as a memory event but I have wondered if he was not 'just' calculating as he went along. Chao Lu may still hold the record at 67,890 places.
I found his meeting with Kim Peek to be interesting, too. RS On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Christopher D. Green <chri...@yorku.ca>wrote: > > See this film about a "savant" in England who can recite pi to 22,500 > places, do extraordinary math problems in his head, and learn new languages > in about a week. > http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4913196365903075662 > > He has Asperger's, but unlike most savants, he is quite high functioning > interpersonally. > > There is more information about him here: > http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2009/01/inside_the_mind_of_a.html > > Chris > -- > > Christopher D. Green > Department of Psychology > York University > Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 > Canada > > > > 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 > chri...@yorku.ca > http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ > > ========================== > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) > > -- Rick Stevens Psychology Department University of Louisiana at Monroe stevens.r...@gmail.com SL - Evert Snook --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
