1. Shakuntala Devi was an Indian mental calculator, astrologer, and writer, popularly known as the "Human Computer".
19 Facts About Shakuntala Devi
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Shakuntala Devi's talent earned her a place in the 1982 edition of The Guinness Book of World Records.
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However, the certificate for the record was given posthumously on 30 July 2020, despite Devi achieving her world record on 18 June 1980 at Imperial College, London.
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Shakuntala Devi was a precocious child, and she demonstrated her arithmetic abilities at the University of Mysore without any formal education.
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Shakuntala Devi wrote several books in her later years, including novels as well as texts about mathematics, puzzles, and astrology.
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Shakuntala Devi wrote the book The World of Homosexuals, which is considered the first study of homosexuality in India.
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Shakuntala Devi saw homosexuality in a positive light and is considered a pioneer in the field.
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Shakuntala Devi was born on 4 November 1929 at Bangalore, Karnataka.
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Shakuntala Devi discovered his daughter's ability to memorise numbers while teaching her a card trick when she was about three years old.
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Shakuntala Devi's father left the circus and took her on road shows that displayed her ability at calculation.
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Shakuntala Devi travelled to several countries around the world, demonstrating her arithmetic talents.
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Shakuntala Devi was on a tour of Europe throughout 1950 and was in New York City in 1976.
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Examples of the problems presented to Shakuntala Devi included calculating the cube root of 61,629,875 and the seventh root of 170,859,375.
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Jensen reported that Shakuntala Devi provided the solution to the above-mentioned problems before Jensen could copy them down in his notebook.
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Shakuntala Devi explained many of the methods she used to do mental calculations in her 1977 book Figuring: The Joy of Numbers.
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Shakuntala Devi returned to India in the mid-1960s, and she married Paritosh Banerji, an officer of the Indian Administrative Service from Kolkata.
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Shakuntala Devi started with writing short stories and murder mysteries, and had a keen interest in music.
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Shakuntala Devi died in the hospital on 21 April 2013.
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On 4 November 2013, Shakuntala Devi was honoured with a Google Doodle on what would have been her 84th birthday.