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Attack turns man into maths genius

Twelve years ago, Jason Padgett was savagely beaten outside a bar in the US. The attack left him concussed, and with post-traumatic stress disorder; but it also changed the way his brain works, turning him into a mathematical genius who sees the world as geometry.

(Photo: The Power of Pi, an artwork by Jason Padgett drawn using pencil, ruler and compass. Credit: Jason Padgett)

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