Calculations, Consternations and Cures!: Solving Math Phobia with the fastest human calculator Neelkantha Bhanu Prakash

12/22/22 • 30 min

At the age of 5, Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash in his own words was good at Math, however not fantastic. Fast-forward to age 13 he bagged the title of India’s fastest human calculator and by 15 he became the world’s fastest human calculator beating the greats like Shakuntala Devi and Scott Flansburg.

Titled by BBC as ‘The Usain Bolt of Mathematics’, participating in competitive Math exams gave him that adrenaline rush and made him love the process of solving complex calculations mentally. Tune-in as we explore the binaries of Neelakantha’s wonderful mathematical journey.

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Go-Beyond Podcast - Calculations, Consternations and Cures!: Solving Math Phobia with the fastest human calculator Neelkantha Bhanu Prakash

Transcript

Go-Beyond Podcast Transcript: Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash

Speakers:

Akshay Kapur

Neelakantha Bhanu

Akshay Kapur

Welcome to the Sony Pictures Networks Go-Beyond Podcast, where we go beyond the squareroots and differentials and uncover the extraordinary.

I’m your host Akshay Kapur and joining us today on the show we have a master of a subject that has probably both amazed and put the fear of God in your heart