Indian - Writer | November 4, 1929 - April 21, 2013
I cannot transfer my abilities to anyone, but I can think of quicker ways with which to help people develop numerical aptitude.
Shakuntala Devi
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Nobody challenges me. I challenge myself.
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I have been running maths clubs for children completely free. In my building in Bangalore, I conduct maths clubs for several months, and every child who attended the club was poor in mathematics and is now showing brilliant results.
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I grew up in a semi-slum area in Gavipuram, Guttahalli.
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Primes are the important main ingredient of numbers, for every number is either a prime or a product of primes.
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Knowing more about numbers and being acquainted with them will not only enrich our lives but also contribute towards managing our day to day affairs much better.
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I haven't had any formal education. Through the grace of god, I am gifted in mathematics and the English language.
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I don't even possess a car. I ride in auto-rickshaws because I like to be a part of the masses. I don't want to single myself out as someone up and above.
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The concept of zero is attributed to the Hindus. The Hindus were also the first to use zero in the way it is used today.
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At three, I fell in love with numbers. It was sheer ecstasy for me to do sums and get the right answers. Numbers were toys with which I could play.
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I travelled round the world giving demonstrations of my talents. In every country, I performed for students, professors, teachers, bankers, accountants, and even laymen who knew very little, or nothing at all, about mathematics.
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I have a particular affection for zero because it was some of my countrymen who first gave it the status of a number.
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