TOP 10 amazing Idiot Savants
- 9 yıl önce
10 Kim Peek
Kim Peek was born with severe brain damage., Kim has physical and social disabilities
The inspiration for Rain Man, Peek could read two pages of a book simultaneously (one with each eye) and instantly commit them to memory
His recall of more than 12,000 books made him a walking encyclopedia. Peek, who died in 2009, could also sum columns of numbers in the telephone book.
9 Stephen Wiltshire
London born Stephen has been the subject of many tests and observations.
Wiltshire, who is autistic, was drawing buildings by age 8. As an adult, he has created stunningly accurate portraits of cities from memory.
In 2007, he flew over the Thames for 15 minutes, then sketched seven square miles of London's streets, rivers, and buildings, precise down to the windows.
8 Daniel Tammet
Tammet can recite pi to 22,514 decimals, master a new language in one week's time, and perform lightning-quick calculations.
Asked by one researcher to compute 37 to the power of 4 (answer: 1,874,161), he did so instantly.
He perceives numbers and days as having distinct colors and emotional tones
7 Leslie Lemke
Blind since birth, Lemke has a verbal IQ of 58. When he was 14, his family watched a movie featuring a Tchaikovsky piano concerto.
Hours later, his mother awoke to the music and discovered Lemke playing it. He has performed around the globe and can reproduce thousands of songs from memory.
Kim Peek was born with severe brain damage., Kim has physical and social disabilities
The inspiration for Rain Man, Peek could read two pages of a book simultaneously (one with each eye) and instantly commit them to memory
His recall of more than 12,000 books made him a walking encyclopedia. Peek, who died in 2009, could also sum columns of numbers in the telephone book.
9 Stephen Wiltshire
London born Stephen has been the subject of many tests and observations.
Wiltshire, who is autistic, was drawing buildings by age 8. As an adult, he has created stunningly accurate portraits of cities from memory.
In 2007, he flew over the Thames for 15 minutes, then sketched seven square miles of London's streets, rivers, and buildings, precise down to the windows.
8 Daniel Tammet
Tammet can recite pi to 22,514 decimals, master a new language in one week's time, and perform lightning-quick calculations.
Asked by one researcher to compute 37 to the power of 4 (answer: 1,874,161), he did so instantly.
He perceives numbers and days as having distinct colors and emotional tones
7 Leslie Lemke
Blind since birth, Lemke has a verbal IQ of 58. When he was 14, his family watched a movie featuring a Tchaikovsky piano concerto.
Hours later, his mother awoke to the music and discovered Lemke playing it. He has performed around the globe and can reproduce thousands of songs from memory.