Sakuntla Devi

Quick Facts

Full Name	Sakuntla Devi
Occupation	Mathematician
Date Of Birth	Nov 4, 1929(1929-11-04)
Age	95
Date Of Death	April 21, 2013, The Bangalore Hospital, Bengaluru, India
Birthplace	Bengaluru
Country	India
Birth City	Karnataka
Horoscope	Scorpio

Sakuntla Devi Biography

Sakuntla Devi is one of the most popular and richest Mathematician who was born on November 4, 1929 in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

In 1944, Shakuntala Devi moved to London with her father.

Shakuntala Devi travelled the world demonstrating her arithmetic talents, including a tour of Europe in 1950 and a performance in New York City in 1976. In 1988, she travelled to US to have her abilities studied by Arthur Jensen, a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. Jensen tested her performance of several tasks, including the calculation of large numbers. Examples of the problems presented to Devi included calculating the cube root of 61,629,875 and the seventh root of 170,859,375. Jensen reported that Shakuntala Devi provided the solution to the above mentioned problems (395 and 15, respectively) before Jensen could copy them down in his notebook. Jensen published his findings in the academic journal Intelligence in 1990.

Sakuntla Devi Net Worth

Sakuntla Devi is one of the richest Mathematician from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sakuntla Devi 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Shakuntala Devi (4 November 1929 – 21 April 2013) was an Indian writer and mental calculator, popularly known as the “human computer”. Her talent earned her a place in the 1982 edition of The Guinness Book of World Records.

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Who is Sakuntla Devi Dating?

According to our records, Sakuntla Devi married to Paritosh Bannerji. As of December 1, 2023, Sakuntla Devi’s is not dating anyone.

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On 4 November 2013, Shakuntala Devi was honoured with a Google Doodle on what would have been her 84th birthday.

Facts & Trivia

Sandor Ranked on the list of most popular Mathematician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Sakuntla Devi celebrates birthday on November 4 of every year.

The book, considered “pioneering”, features interviews with two young Indian homosexual men, a male couple in Canada seeking legal marriage, a temple priest who explains his views on homosexuality, and a review of the existing literature on homosexuality. It ends with a call for decriminalisation of homosexuality, and “full and complete acceptance—not tolerance and sympathy”. The book, however, went mostly unnoticed at that time.

Who defeated Shakuntala Devi?

Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash , Maths Wizard who Broke Shakuntala Devi’s Record | NewsMo Exclusive | IndiaToday.

At what age Shakuntala Devi died?

83 years (1929–2013)

Who is the mother of mathematics in India?

A writer and mathematician bundled in one, Shakuntala Devi’s life and accomplishments have inspired millions around the world. Here are a few interesting facts about Shakuntala Devi that will feed your curiosity to know her. She was born in a Hindu Brahmin family in Bangalore on November 4, 1929.

Is Shakuntala Devi movie a real story?

Now, her life story has inspired the Hindi-language film “Shakuntala Devi,” streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Starring the veteran Bollywood actress Vidya Balan as Devi, the film is directed by Anu Menon and tells the story of Devi’s life from the perspective of her daughter, Anupama Banerji.

Who invented zero in world?

“Zero and its operation are first defined by [Hindu astronomer and mathematician] Brahmagupta in 628,” said Gobets. He developed a symbol for zero: a dot underneath numbers.