Shakuntala Devi
The ‘human computer’ has she is popularly called, was invited in 1977 to the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, USA. where she solved in 50-seconds the 23rd root of a 201-digit number. This cost the US Bureau of Standards a special computer programme to check her answer on a UNIVAC 1101 computer.
In 1980, Shakuntala Devi in a multiplication quest also surprised all at the Imperial College, London. This secured a space for her in the Guinness Book of Records.
William James Sidis (IQ Level- 250-300)
Within 7 months, Sidis had graduated from a grammar school he joined at 6. At the age of 11, he attended Harvard and mastered over 40 languages.
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