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Today's Google Doodle was in honor of Shakuntala Devi.
In 1977 at the Southern Methodist University she was asked to give the 23rd root of a 201-digit number; she answered in 50 seconds. Her answer, 546,372,891, was confirmed by calculations done at the U.S. Bureau of Standards by the UNIVAC 1101 computer, for which a special program had to be written to perform such a large calculation.
In 1977 at the Southern Methodist University she was asked to give the 23rd root of a 201-digit number; she answered in 50 seconds. Her answer, 546,372,891, was confirmed by calculations done at the U.S. Bureau of Standards by the UNIVAC 1101 computer, for which a special program had to be written to perform such a large calculation.
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Date: 2013-11-05 12:03 pm (UTC)From:I am sure that you will appreciate today's honoree too… Raymond Loewy, though his design of the coke bottle was not the most honest one ever since it made it look as if there was a lot more fluid in it than there really was. (is)
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Date: 2013-11-05 12:38 pm (UTC)From:I read about her too. so cool!
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