04/11/2013
Today is Shakuntala Devi's 84th birth anniversary. She was a mathematical genius and nicknamed "human computer" for her ability to make complex mental calculations. Google is celebrating her birth anniversary with a doodle on its India home page.
Shakuntala Devi found a slot in the Guinness Book of World Record for her outstanding ability and wrote numerous books like 'Fun with Numbers', 'Astrology for You', 'Puzzles to Puzzle You', and 'Mathablit'. She had the ability to tell the day of the week of any given date in the last century in a jiffy. Coming from a humble family, Shakuntala Devi's father was a circus performer who did trapeze, tightrope and cannonball shows.
You can read about her on the following link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakuntala_Devi