Discover the inspiring life of Shakuntala Devi, India's "human computer," who transformed mathematics into an art form.

Late Shakuntala Devi, known for her ability to make complex mental calculations, extracted the 23rd root of a 201-digit number mentally in the year 1977. Shakuntala Devi demonstrated the ...

Directed by Anu Menon, Shakuntala Devi starring Vidya Balan will give us a glimpse into the incredible life of Indias very own math genius, who was popularly referred to as the human computer. Vidya ...

Shakuntala Devi was born on Nov 4, 1929 in Bangalore, Karnataka. With her father, a trapeze artist and tightrope performer who worked for a circus business, she relocated to London in 1944 when she ...

Shakuntala Devi’s legend is immense. The Indian mathematician traveled the world with her one-woman show, showing off mental math skills that earned her the nickname “The Human Computer.” Given any ...

There’s no one way to be a mathematical genius. Shakuntala Devi had little formal education. Maryam Mirzakhani attended graduate school at Harvard University. Two films chronicle how each woman became ...

Mumbai, May 8 (PTI) Actor Vidya Balan has been roped in to play the role of math genius Shakuntala Devi in her next, to be directed by Anu Menon. Set for summer 2020 release, the film will be produced ...

Quick, without Googling the answer or using a calculator — what is the cube root of 188,132,517? Did you get it 546,372,891? In 1977, Shakuntala Devi was able to ...

Shakuntala Devi is known as the Human Computer who made and broke records. On National Mathematics Day, let us take a look at her life.