Mike byster biography

Michael Byster (born March 5, 1959) is an.
MIKE BYSTER has a single mission: to show people how to ignite their inner genius.
Michael Byster is an American mental calculator, and math educator.

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Shakuntala Devi and other 'human calculators'

Imagine being faced with the number 61,629,875 and being asked to calculate its cubed root. Without a calculator.

That is one of the feats that earned Shakuntala Devi the nickname “Human Computer” and a Google Doodle created in her honor Monday.

But she is far from the only mathematical prodigy that has been graced with the talent of super-human computation ability throughout history. Human computers, or human calculators, are people who are able to perform complicated mathematical calculations quickly, in their head.

Some are simple prodigies, able to do the problems from a young age, while others have trained their brains for years to quickly process complex computations. Here are a few other human calculators over the years and their mind-boggling mathematical feats.

Scott Flansburg (born 1963):Mr. Flansburg first realized his mathematical ability when he could solve his math class’s equations without writing them down and could mentally keep track of his family’s grocery bill as they picked out item

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MIKE BYSTER has a single mission: to show people how to ignite their inner genius. Mike was born with a gift for numbers and patterns. He began noticing number patterns even as a young child, and when he was four years old he had memorized the birth and death dates of the presidents of the United States, in order. At eight years old, he started developing memory games using mnemonic devices that would eventually become part of his life's work as a different kind of teacher. Over the course of more than five thousand presentations in schools around the country between 1997 and 2007, Mike slowly crafted and perfected an entertaining and award- winning five part DVD program called Brainetics™ that people can now use at home. Mike's program uses pattern awareness and mental multitasking tools to build increased mental capacity. These techniques not only teach people the skills to think in new ways and solve problems that they never thought possible, but they also give them a sense of self- confidence as they master the lessons and are able to do amazing mental feats. Mike fi