Human calculators

Master

A propo del aniversario del nacimiento de S. Devi, aca un recuento de calculadoras humanas.  Gente estudiada de cabo a rabo, muchas sin educacion superior formal, pero para los que la ciencia no tiene explicacion a su habilidad innata.

Por favor sigueme pasando esas revistas locas de la SCM

Un abrazo!

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Mental calculators 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_calculator

Ramanujan

PODCAST: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00cl73s

Jacques Inaudi (October 15, 1867 – November 10, 1950) was an Italian calculating prodigy with no formal education.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Inaudi

Shakuntala Devi (Kannada: ಶಕುಂತಲ ದೇವಿ November 4, 1929 – April 21, 2013), popularly known as the "Human Computer", was a child prodigy and mental calculator.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} Her talents earned her a place in the 1982 edition of The Guinness Book of World Records.^[1][2][3]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakuntala_Devi

Revista Divulgacion Astrofisica

http://www.sinewton.org/numeros/numeros/72/Volumen_72.pdf

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A quotation by Srinivasa Ramanujan

"An equation means nothing to me unless it expresses a thought of God."

Srinivasa Ramanujan
(1887 - 1920)