Shakuntala Devi (1929–2013)
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- Fødselsdato
- 1929-11-04
- Dødsdag
- 2013-04-21
- Køn
- female
- Nationalitet
- India
- Fødested
- Bangalore, India
- Dødssted
- Bangalore, India
- Bopæl
- Bangalore, India
- Erhverv
- Mathematician
Mental arithmetic prodigy
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Figuring: The joy of numbers af Shakuntala Devi
This unusual book was written by a woman who has come up with an alternative way to figure equations. Each math problem is shown as a table, a method entirely different than the standard math I was taught. The Library of Congress cataloged this book as gaming with numbers. If it works, who cares how you arrived at the result?
Original... Maddening... and irresistible! Here are over 300 tantalizing puzzles, brain-teasers and riddles by one of the greatest mathematical geniuses of the twentieth century, Shakuntala Devi, popularly known as the 'human computer'. The puzzles include every possible type of mathematical recreation; time and distance problems, age and money riddles, puzzles involving geometry and elementary algebra, and, just plain straight thinking. Often entertaining, but always stimulating, the puzzles included in the book offer hours of fun and relaxation.… (mere)
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- Værker
- 22
- Medlemmer
- 227
- Popularitet
- #99,086
- Vurdering
- 3.0
- Anmeldelser
- 2
- ISBN
- 21
- Sprog
- 1