Google Celebrates "Human Computer" Shakuntala Devi's Birthday With a Digital Doodle

Honoring the math wiz on her would be 84th birthday.

Image via Google

Late astrologer Shakuntala Devi has been honored for her impressive brain with a special Google Doodle. Devi, known as the "Human Computer," was a child prodigy and had the ability to do complicated calculations quickly, without the use of a calculator or computing device. In 1980, she correctly multiplied two 13-digit numbers chosen at random by the computer department of Imperial College, earning her a place in the 1982 Guinness Book of World Records. Devi passed away in April from heart and kidney problems. On her would be 84th birthday, Google created a Doodle that spelled out their logo on a calculator window next to Devi's face. 

RELATED: The Best Art and Design Google Doodles Ever Created 
RELATED: Google's Doodle to Celebrate Rembrandt's Birthday    

[via TimesofIndia]

Latest in Style