Shakuntala Devi, the 'Human Computer', As Google's Doodle
By James Brown | Nov 04, 2013 02:17 PM EST
Today, Google celebrates Shakuntala Devi 84th birthday in its popular home page doodle.
Shakuntala Devi, best-known as the "Human computer" was a child prodigy born in Bangalore, India, capable of multiplying two 13-digit numbers and answering correctly.
The logo specifically depicts her 1982 Guinness Book of Records, where she was able to multiply 7,686,369,774,870 x 2,465,099,745,779 and answer 18,947,668,177,995,426,773,730 in 28 seconds.
"Good Morning G+! This morning check out our 'calculated' dedication :) to the human computer .. Shakuntala Devi . She was a child prodigy and mental calculator who found a place in the 1982 edition of The Guinness Book of World Records. Check out our animated doodle on www.google.co.in and read more about her on our knowledge panel," Google India posted its G+ page.
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