My Town Monday: San Diego's Human Calculator
Some San Diego attractions: the ocean, the mountains, the desert, many sunny days, the zoo, Legoland, Seaworld!
AND we are also home to Scott Flansburg, the Human Calculator! This nickname was bestowed upon him by Regis Philbin.
Scott adds, subtracts, multiplies, divides, figures out cube and square roots in his head faster than a calculator!
An MRI showed that several parts of Scott's brain were at work when he was solving these math equations. The rest of us are only using one part. I may be operating on less than one part.
You may well have heard of this guy as he's appeared on a bunch of TV shows (Jay Leno, Oprah, Dateline, Good Morning American, Regis and Kathy Lee, and many more). Plus, he's in the Guinness Book of Records. And he has written some books on math for both adults and kids.
If you've never seen this guy in action, take a peek at the video below. It's pretty incredible.
Thank you, Child #3, for this My-Town-Monday post idea.
Click here for links to more My Town Monday posts! It's always fun to see what's going on in other corners of the world. Happy Monday!
sources:
http://www.cincinnatihomeschoolconvention.com/don’t-miss-scott-flansburg-–-the-human-calculator
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I used to use all of one part. Burned it out though.
ReplyDeleteCharles, wouldn't you love to have access to more parts of the brain? Like maybe the writing parts???
ReplyDeletei got one as well, but lost the ignition key! ;)
ReplyDeleteGoodness!If only my brother was like that.......
ReplyDeleteThanks for the post,AbaGayle.
laughingwolf: I knew you'd come with a good response!
ReplyDeleteAbaGayle: That video just slays me!
I know,It's incredible!
ReplyDeleteHe just spats them out.
If my brother could do that,I'd sit by him when i do school!
Very cool suggestion for a MTM post! I'm sure you're good for one part, Barrie! ;)
ReplyDeleteAmazing guy and YouTube clip! I wonder how he does it. He’s great with the kids too. We were all told that calculators would destroy our ability to do math when they came out. I must show my son. He’s actually slower than some on calculation but really good at advanced math.
ReplyDeleteThat guy is AMAZING!! At first I was like, oh he won't be that fast, but I was completely wrong!!
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