Her father, however, unlike the rest of the family who were priests worked in a circus as a tightrope walker, trapeze artist, lion tamer, and stage magician. Shakuntala Devi: Early Life And Mathematical Careerĭevi was born on November 4, 1929, to a traditional Kannada Brahmin family living in Bangalore.
This article seeks to put forth an overview of her life and her contributions to various fields, including writing, although she is remembered mainly as a mathematical prodigy. One can find various puzzle books authored by her in bookstores across the nation even today. She took people across the world by storm in the 70s and 80s with her astounding ability to mentally calculate equations involving numbers of the highest order and broke calculation world records.
Her talent earned her a place in the 1982 edition of The Guinness Book of World Records.A household name throughout our country, Shakuntala Devi – famously known as “the human computer” was someone who carved a name for herself in Indian history as a mathematical genius and writer, in a country where women in STEM research fields are underrepresented even today. Devi strove to simplify numerical calculations for students. Shakuntala Devi (4 November 1929 – 21 April 2013) was an Indian writer and mental calculator, popularly known as the 'Human Computer'. You are overawed, nay transfixed, with her ultra. With her, the term extraordinary appears an understatement. Shakuntala Devi has heart, soul, humour and skills which blow your mind away. Facially she resembles two women I know well who have heart, a sense of humour but no extraordinary skills. However, the certificate for the record was given posthumously on 30 July 2020, despite Devi. Her talent earned her a place in the 1982 edition of The Guinness Book of World Records. Shakuntala Devi (4 November 1929 – 21 April 2013) was an Indian writer and mental calculator, popularly known as the 'Human Computer'.Devi strove to simplify numerical calculations for students. The present book discusses zodiacs, planets, asterisms, the rising signs, Bhavas, Yogas, Dasas and their effects and transits. Astrology is not a complex science as it often made out to be and in the hands of the world-famous 'human computer' Shakuntala Devi, it becomes yet simpler and easier to understand and practice.
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