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Shakuntala Devi
Shakuntala Devi 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. However, the certificate for the record was given posthumously on 30 July 2020, despite Devi achieving her world record on 18 June 1980 at Imperial College, London. Devi was a precocious child, and…
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science · Indian writer and mental calculator (1929–2013) · mathematician · astrologer · writer · mental calculator · also Shakuntala Devi, Sakuntla Devi, Devi
Born 4 November 1929 · Died 21 April 2013 · Q3181898
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2026· 4 entries
The Guardian: Cancer is now a story of the good, the bad and the ugly – but also hope | Devi Sridhar
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The Guardian: Ebola in the DRC needs the world’s attention now – if your neighbour’s house is on fire, you don’t wait and watch | Devi Sridhar
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The Guardian: Even without social media, phones have a subtle, damaging effect on our mental health | Devi Sridhar
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2017· 1 entry
Published “The HITRAN2016 molecular spectroscopic database” in Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer — cited 2,682 times.
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2013· 3 entries
Died 2013-04-21.
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Published “The HITRAN2012 molecular spectroscopic database” in Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer — cited 3,008 times.
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Published “The Somatic Genomic Landscape of Glioblastoma” in Cell — cited 4,504 times.
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2009· 1 entry
Published “The HITRAN 2008 molecular spectroscopic database” in Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer — cited 3,188 times.
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2005· 1 entry
Published “The HITRAN 2004 molecular spectroscopic database” in Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer — cited 2,582 times.
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1988· 1 entry
Travelled to the US to have her abilities studied by Arthur Jensen, a professor of educational psychology at the University of California, Berkeley
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1980· 1 entry
Contested the Lok Sabha elections as an independent candidate for Mumbai South and for Medak in Andhra Pradesh (now in Telangana)
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1979· 1 entry
After her husband's homosexuality was allegedly revealed
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1977· 2 entries
Wrote The World of Homosexuals, the first published academic study of homosexuality in India, for which she was criticised
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At Southern Methodist University, she computed the 23rd root of a 201-digit number in 50 seconds
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1944· 1 entry
At the age of 15, Devi moved to London, United Kingdom
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1929· 1 entry
Born 1929-11-04.
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