Fischer, the great American chess champion, famously said, 'Chess is life.' I would say, 'Pi is life.'
Daniel TammetLike works of literature, mathematical ideas help expand our circle of empathy, liberating us from the tyranny of a single, parochial point of view. Numbers, properly considered, make us better people.
Daniel TammetI love music. I have a fondness for Chopin, and I very much like his 'Raindrop Prelude.'
Daniel Tammet