Struck by Genius: How a Brain Injury Made Me a Mathematical Marvel (31 page)

quantum foam and,
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synesthesia and,
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Consciousness Chronicles
,
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Cordova, Rick,
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cosine waves,
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cosmology,
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See also
universe

creation,
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creativity cap,
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Crichton, John (fictional),
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Cytowic, Richard,
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Day, Nick,
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decision making,
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depression,
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“The Devil Went Down to Georgia,”
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Dilaudid,
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distraction, pain management by,
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documentaries,
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Dōgen (Zen master),
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Doppler effect,
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dorsal stream,
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Down, John Langdon,
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drawings

complexity of,
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inability to make,
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innate skills for,
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in international art shows,
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meditation-induced,
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to music,
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nautilus,
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neurologist’s view of,
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pentagon,
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pi,
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prime numbers,
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of religious concepts,
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sharing,
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Stockholm conference presentation of,
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of supernovas,
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synesthesia testing with,
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theory of relativity,
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video capture of,
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wave-particle duality,
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drugs

antidepressant,
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pain management by,
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synesthesia induced by,
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Duffy, Patricia Lynne,
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Eagleman, David,
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Eiffel, Gustave,
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Einstein, Albert,
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emotion

body language awareness and,
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boredom,
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mirror-touch synesthesia of,
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pain management,
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enlightenment,
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epinephrine,
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exercise

adrenaline from,
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for pain management,
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Farscape,
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fasciculation syndrome,
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females, savant,
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Feynman, Richard,
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fight-or-flight response,
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Finland, synesthesia testing in,
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Firman, Carrie C.,
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fMRIs (functional magnetic resonance imaging),
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The Fractal Geometry of Nature
(Mandelbrot),
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fractals

applications of,
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discovery of,
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importance of,
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mathematics of,
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nautilus,
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of particle fusion,
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quantum foam and,
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of space-time,
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universe as,
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free will,
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functional magnetic resonance imaging.
See
fMRIs

fusion, particle,
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Futon Gallery,
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See also
Planet Futon

Gage, Phineas,
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Galilei, Galileo,
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genetic memory,
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geometry.
See also
fractals

of anatomy,
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beauty of,
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of circles,
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computer-assisted,
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dreams of,
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drug-induced visions of,
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mathematics versus,
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of music,
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of numbers,
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of particle fusion,
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of pentagons,
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of pi,
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of pixels,
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of Planck length,
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of plants and trees,
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of rainbows,
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of relativity,
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sacred,
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of sine, cosine, and tangent waves,
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of sky,
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of space-time,
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of spirals,
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technology and,
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of triangles,
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of water,
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of wave-particle duality,
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gibigianna
(“charming woman” light reflection),
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God,
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Grasse Tyson, Neil de,
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gratitude,
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halfway savants,
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Hameroff, Stuart,
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Haynie, Tracy,
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Helen (stepmom),
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Helsinki, synesthesia testing in,
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A History of Pi
(Beckmann),
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hormones,
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Hubbard, Edward M.,
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IASP.
See
International Association for the Study of Pain

idiot savantism,
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infinity,
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innate skills,
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Institute for Natural Medicine and Prevention,
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International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP),
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Internet

development of,
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Padgett’s drawings on,
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Islands of Genius
(Treffert),
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Josipovic, Zoran,
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Karlinsky, Neal,
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Karrels, Ed,
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Kirschner, Alexandra,
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Klüver, Heinrich,
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Kostiner, Naama,
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LaFlesh, Meredith,
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left brain/right brain theories,
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light.
See also
quantum physics

of acceleration,
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of pi,
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reflection of,
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through trees,
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wave-particle duality of,
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literary synesthesia,
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Lockhart, Paul,
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Luminet, Jean-Pierre,
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Luria, Alexander,
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magnetic resonance imaging.
See
MRIs

Mandelbrot, Benoit,
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Marks, Lawrence,
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mathematics.
See also
geometry; physics

beauty of,
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calculus,
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conversations,
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of fractals,
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geometry versus,
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God and,
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of physics,
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of pi,
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of Planck length,
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Pythagorean Theorem,
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savant,
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synesthete’s,
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of triangles,
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Measurement
(Lockhart),
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media coverage

of Padgett,
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of TBI,
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medical treatment and studies

BRAIN Initiative for,
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by Dr. Brogaard,
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by Dr. Bushell,
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meditation,
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MRIs for,
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pain management,
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by Dr. Snyder,
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by Dr. Song,
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by Dr. Theise,
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