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Shakuntala devi passed away - Kwami - 04-29-2013
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/celebrities/shakuntala-devi-woman-known-human-computer-dies-age-83
Re: Shakuntala devi passed away - ketchim - 04-29-2013
Wow .....saw her Live during high school days in Guyana .
a brilliant mind !
Rest in Peace.
Re: Shakuntala devi passed away - ketchim - 04-29-2013
The sum, picked at random by the computer department, was :
7,686,369,774,870 x 2,465,099,745,779.
After 28 seconds she correctly answered : 18,947,668,177,995,426,462,773,730 :-*
a feat that earned her a place in the Guinness Book of Records.
Re: Shakuntala devi passed away - ketchim - 04-29-2013
the cube root of 61,629,875,
Shakuntala Devi gave the correct answers — 395
Re: Shakuntala devi passed away - ketchim - 04-29-2013
the seventh root of 170,859,375.
Shakuntala Devi gave the correct answers — 15
Re: Shakuntala devi passed away - Meseret - 04-29-2013
Remember reading about her. R I P