News & Articles cube root Shakuntala Devi, AKA The “Human Computer,” Honored With Google Logo To Mark Her 84th Birthday Quick, without Googling the answer or using a calculator — what is the cube root of 188,132,517? Did you get it 546,372,891? In 1977, Shakuntala Devi was able to solve this problem faster than a computer. Nov. 4, 2013 - Search Engine Land