{"id":18121,"date":"2020-08-02T04:43:27","date_gmt":"2020-08-02T03:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.inventrium.net\/?p=18121"},"modified":"2020-08-02T04:52:26","modified_gmt":"2020-08-02T03:52:26","slug":"series-amazing-people-with-a-genius-abilities-shakuntala-devi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.inventrium.net\/series-amazing-people-with-a-genius-abilities-shakuntala-devi\/","title":{"rendered":"Series – Amazing People with a genius Abilities – Shakuntala Devi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Shakuntala Devi<\/strong>\u00a0(4 November 1929\u00a0\u2013 21 April 2013) was an Indian writer and\u00a0mental calculator, popularly known as the “Human Computer”. Devi strove to simplify\u00a0mathematics\u00a0for students.\u00a0Her talent earned her a place in the 1982 edition of\u00a0The Guinness Book of world Records<\/em>.\u00a0However, 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. Devi was a precocious child and she demonstrated her arithmetic abilities at the\u00a0University of Mysore\u00a0without any formal education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Devi wrote a number of books in her later years, including novels as well as texts about mathematics, puzzles, and astrology. She wrote the book\u00a0The World Of Homosexuals<\/em>, which is considered the first study of\u00a0homosexuality in India.\u00a0She saw homosexuality in a positive light and is considered a pioneer in the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shakuntala Devi was born in\u00a0Bengaluru,\u00a0Karnataka\u00a0to a\u00a0Kannada\u00a0Brahmin\u00a0family.Her father worked as\u00a0trapeze\u00a0artist,\u00a0lion tamer,\u00a0tightrope walker, and\u00a0magician\u00a0in a circus.\u00a0He discovered his daughter’s ability to memorize numbers while teaching her a card trick when she was about three years old.\u00a0Her father left the circus and took her on road shows that displayed her ability at calculation.\u00a0She did this without any formal education.\u00a0At the age of six she demonstrated her arithmetic abilities at the\u00a0University of Mysore.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEarly Life<\/h2>\n\n\n\n