Shakuntala Devi, an Indian writer and mental calculator known as the "Human Computer," was born today in Bangalore, Mysore, British India, in 1929.
Shakuntala Devi was born on November 4, 1929, in Bangalore to a typical Kannada Brahmin family. Unlike the rest of her family, who were priests, her father worked in a circus as a tightrope walker, trapeze performer, lion tamer, and stage magician. Shakuntala Devi - commonly known as "the human computer" – was a mathematical genius and writer who established a place for herself in Indian history as a mathematical genius and writer, in a country where women in STEM research subjects are still underrepresented.
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