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Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
Garrett Reilly, who sees what others do not— numbers, patterns, a nation on the brink of collapse— recognizes a string of events that could lead to economic Armageddon in the U.S. and, while confronting his own demons, reunites with the Ascendant team to face enemies on all sides.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2014.
Formats
Description
"No one sees the world as Jason Padgett does. Water pours from the faucet in crystalline patterns, numbers call to mind distinct geometric shapes, and intricate fractal patterns emerge from the movement of tree branches, revealing the intrinsic mathematical designs hidden in the objects around us. Yet Padgett wasn't born this way. Twelve years ago, he had never made it past pre-algebra. But a violent mugging forever altered the way his brain works,...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Christian Wolff is a math savant who works as a freelance accountant for some of the world's most dangerous criminal organizations. With the Treasury Department's Crime Enforcement Division starting to close in, he takes on a legitimate client, a robotics company where an accounting clerk has discovered a discrepency involving millions of dollars. But as Christian uncooks the books and gets closer to the truth, the body count starts to rise.
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Formats
Description
For fourteen-year-old Wallis Ann Stamper and her family, life in the Appalachian Mountains is simple and satisfying, though not for the tenderhearted. While her older sister, Laci--a mute, musically gifted savant--is constantly watched over and protected, Wallis Ann is as practical and sturdy as her name. When the Tuckasegee River bursts its banks, forcing them to flee in the middle of the night, those qualities save her life. But though her family...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Christian Wolff is a math savant who works as a freelance accountant for some of the world's most dangerous criminal organizations. With the Treasury Department's Crime Enforcement Division starting to close in, he takes on a legitimate client, a robotics company where an accounting clerk has discovered a discrepency involving millions of dollars. But as Christian uncooks the books and gets closer to the truth, the body count starts to rise.
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 13
Description
Daniel Tammet sees numbers as shapes and can perform extraordinary calculations in his head. he can learn new languages to fluency in a week, and in 2004 he memorized and recited more than 22,000digits of pi, setting a record. he has Savant syndrome, but is capable of living an independent life, and has written this extraordinary autobiography.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Formats
Description
"A gritty tale of how far we'll go to protect the ones we love from a talented new name in crime fiction. Everyone says the Elders family are nothing but cheats, thieves, and convicts--a fact nineteen-year old Jamie Elders has been trying desperately to escape. She may have the natural talent of a poker savant, but her dreams of going pro and getting the hell out of the tiny town of Blind River, New York are going nowhere fast. Especially once she...
10) Mercury rising
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
c1998
Description
Bruce Willis is an outcast FBI agent who is assigned to protect a 9 year old idiot savant who is the target for assassins after cracking a top secret government code.
Publisher
Sony Pictures
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
The show is about a young surgeon with autism who is recruited to work at a pediatric unit of a hospital. The hospital is prestigious with many of the toughest cases a surgeon could ever see, but with autism comes clarity that most surgeons will never have. The television series focuses on the relationship between the doctor and patient, and how a man who cannot relate to the people who he tries to help.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
Shaun's proposed treatment for a homeless patient puts him and Jared in Andrews' crosshairs. Meanwhile, Claire tries to overcome Melendez' reluctance to do a risky heart operation while Glassman must overcome his personal feelings about his oncologist, Dr. Marina Blaize, and face a difficult decision about his health.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, relocates from a quiet country life to join a prestigious hospital surgical unit. Alone in the world and unable to personally connect with those around him, Shaun uses his extraordinary medical gifts to save lives and challenge the skepticism of his colleagues.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
The show is about a young surgeon with autism who is recruited to work at a pediatric unit of a hospital. The hospital is known for treating many of the toughest cases a surgeon could ever see, but with autism comes clarity that most surgeons will never have. The television series focuses on the relationship between the doctor and patient, and how a man who cannot relate to the people who he tries to help.
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