The Limca Book of Records

The Story of the World's Fastest Human Calculator and His Fractured Skull

Medicine & Technology Sep 02, 2020

Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash was five years old when he fractured his skull and was thought to become cognitively impaired. But solving puzzles and math problems helped him overcome it and later on become the world's fastest human calculator.

The Limca Book of Records

The Story of the World's Fastest Human Calculator and His Fractured Skull

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