Shakuntala Devi
Shakuntala Devi, is a well-known mathematical genius and calculating progidy from India. She has been nicknamed 'Human Computer' because of her extraordinary talent and skill in solving complex mathematical problems without any mechanical aid.
She was born in 1939 in Bangalore, Karnataka. Shakuntala's father was a circus artiste and it was he who introduced Shakuntala to the world of mathematics, through card tricks.Manifested with an extraordinary love for numbers at the age of 3, she became an expert in complex mental arithmetic at the age of five.
In the year 1977, Shakuntala Devi obtained the 23rd root of the digit number '201' mentally. On 18 June in 1980, she again solved the multiplication of two 13-digit numbers 7,686,369,774,870 x 2,465,099,745,779 that were randomly picked by the computer department of Imperial College in London. And this, she did in 28 seconds flat. This incident has been included on the 26th page of the famous 1995 Guinness Book of Records. Many countries have invited Shakuntala Devi to demonstrate her extraordinary talent. Today, she is acclaimed as an accomplished mathematician. In 1977, she published the first study of homosexuality in India.
Books:
- Puzzles to Puzzle You
- More Puzzles to Puzzle You
- Book of Numbers
- Figuring: The Joy of Numbers
- In the Wonderland of Numbers
- Mathability: Awaken the Math Genius in Your Child
- Astrology for You
- Perfect Murder
- master of game
- The World of Homosexuals
