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Imprint: Orient Paperbacks
Publication Date: 03 Sep, 1984
Pages Count: 144 Pages
Weight: 144.00 Grams
Dimensions: 4.75 x 7.15 Inches
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About the Book:
Shakuntala Devi, the Human Computer, explains and simplifies everything you always wanted to know about numbers but was difficult to understand.
We can't live without numbers. We need them in our daily chores, big and small. But we carry in us a certain fear of numbers and are never confident about using them. Shakuntala Devi, the internationally famous mathematical wizard, makes it both easy and interesting for us.
This book contains all we ever wanted to know about numbers. Divided in three parts, the first will tells you everything about numbers, the second some anecdotes related with numbers and mathematicians, and the third some important tables that will help you always.
'...makes very interesting reading and provides valuable information.'
Shakuntala Devi (4-11-1929 - 20-4-2013) lacked any formal education but possessed an extraordinary ability to complete the most complex mathematical calculations in double-quick time that she became known as "the human computer".
As India's most remarkable mathematical prodigy, she had astounded friends and family with her numerical prowess since childhood. In June 1980, at Imperial College, London, accurately multiplied two random 13-digit numbers in a few seconds, a feat that earned her a place in the Guinness Book of Records.
Her ability to solve complicated arithmetical problems with apparent ease and astonishing speed had stunned observers since the 1970s. Witty and sharp-minded, she possessed exceptional powers of retention and appeared to harness the power of several mnemonic devices in her brain.
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