![]() ![]() She did this without any formal education. Her father left the circus and took her on road shows that displayed her ability at calculation. He discovered his daughter's ability to memorize numbers while teaching her a card trick when she was about three years old. Her father, C V Sundararaja Rao, worked as a trapeze artist, lion tamer, tightrope walker and magician in a circus. Shakuntala Devi was born in Bangalore, Karnataka to a Kannada Brahmin family. ![]() She saw homosexuality in a positive light and is considered a pioneer in the field. She wrote the book The World Of Homosexuals, which is considered the first study of homosexuality in India. Devi was a precocious child and she demonstrated her arithmetic abilities at the University of Mysore without any formal education.ĭevi wrote a number of books in her later years, including novels as well as texts about mathematics, puzzles, and astrology. 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. Her talent earned her a place in the 1982 edition of The Guinness Book of World Records. Devi strove to simplify numerical calculations for students. Shakuntala Devi was an Indian writer and mental calculator, popularly known as the "Human Computer". ![]() ![]() Without mathematics, there's nothing you can do. ![]()
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