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  2. Shakuntala Devi - Wikipedia

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

  3. Shakuntala Devi (film) - Wikipedia

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    Shakuntala Devi received positive reviews from critics. Sreeparna Sengupta of Times of India gave the film three and half stars out of five and said, "A joy to watch simply to soak in the fascinating life and times of the maths whiz – a human computer faster than an actual computer, the free-spirit, who was all that and so much more!" [16]

  4. Computer (occupation) - Wikipedia

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    In this usage, "human computer" refers to activities of humans in the context of human-based computation (HBC). This use of "human computer" is debatable for the following reason: HBC is a computational technique where a machine outsources certain parts of a task to humans to perform, which are not necessarily algorithmic.

  5. Mental calculator - Wikipedia

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    A mental calculator or human calculator is a person with a prodigious ability in some area of mental calculation (such as adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing large numbers). In 2005, a group of researchers led by Michael W. O'Boyle, an American psychologist previously working in Australia and now at Texas Tech University , has used MRI ...

  6. List of 2020s films based on actual events - Wikipedia

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    Shakuntala Devi (Hindi: शकुन्तला देवी) (2020) – Indian Hindi-language biographical drama film tracing the life of mathematician Shakuntala Devi, who was also known as the "human computer" [116]

  7. List of Brahmins - Wikipedia

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    Shakuntala Devi, Indian mathematician popularly known as the "Human Computer". [ 188 ] Sissa , Indian mathematician who invented Chaturanga , the Indian predecessor of chess .

  8. Shakuntala Devi (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Shakuntala Devi (1929–2013) was an Indian writer and mental calculator. Shakuntala Devi may also refer to: Shakuntala Devi about the writer and mental calculator; Shakuntala Devi (politician) (born 1931–2022), Congress member of the Lok Sabha; Sakuntla Devi, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh for the Samajwadi Party

  9. Seher Latif - Wikipedia

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    More recently, she worked as a producer for Shakuntala Devi, a biographical film about the Indian mathematician Shakuntala Devi, starring Vidya Balan, as well as on Bhaag Beanie Bhaag, an Indian romantic television series for Netflix that starred Swara Bhasker. [5]