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Shakuntala Devi

Tribute to the late great mathematical prodigy Shakuntala Devi

Shakuntala Devi

(born November 4, 1929 – died April 21, 2013), popularly known as “Human Computer”, was an Indian prodigy mental calculator.

Biography

Shakuntala Devi was born in Bangalore, India, to an orthodox priestly family.

Her father rebelled against becoming a temple priest and instead joined a circus, where he worked as a trapeze and tightrope performer, and later as a lion tamer and a human cannonball.Shakuntala Devi was only around three years old and she was roped in to help her father with card tricks.

Her father left the circus and took her on road shows that displayed her amazing ability at number crunching. It is worth noting that she was able to do this, despite having had no formal education.By age six she demonstrated her calculation and memorization abilities at the University of Mysore.At the age of eight she had success at Annamalai University by doing the