Born in India in 1929, Devi grew up in an impoverished family. As recounted in the Hindi-language film Shakuntala Devi, available with subtitles on Amazon Prime, she could make complex mental ...

Shakuntala Devi (1929-2013) was best known as “the human computer” for her ability to perform lengthy calculations in her head, swiftly. One example of this, described in her New York Times ...

Vidya Balan's forthcoming biopic based on 'Human-Computer' Shakuntala Devi has been in the news from its very inception. And just a few days back, her look test from the film went viral. Today ...

Shakuntala Devi, the modern-day great, holds the record for extracting the 23rd root faster than the Univac computer. The computer took 62 seconds, but Devi managed the same in 50 seconds.

Citing the occasion of World Mathematics Day, Vidya Balan released a motion poster of Shakuntala Devi biopic on Tuesday. The first look of the movie released on September 16. Vidya Balan was ...