Willem Klein, nicknamed the human computer, could perform in his head mathematical operations which out-did many of the calculators then available. Indeed, he succeeded in working out the nineteenth root of a 133-figure number in 8 minutes.
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Title: Calculation demonstration by Wim Klein
Creator: CERN PhotoLab
Date Created: 1966-10-26, 1966
Contributor: GenevaCERN1966-10
Medium: Film, Photographic negative
Internal Reference: Rubrique: Date Planche:10 66 De:196 A:210
Comment: Album with images scanned from original photo negatives