History and Mathematics Meet At Certain Places

[Annie]

This is one of the fascinating ones:

Two Centuries On, a Cryptologist Cracks a Presidential Code - WSJ.com

Two Centuries On, a Cryptologist Cracks a Presidential Code
Unlocking This Cipher Wasn't Self-Evident; Algorithms and Educated Guesses
By RACHEL EMMA SILVERMAN

For more than 200 years, buried deep within Thomas Jefferson's correspondence and papers, there lay a mysterious cipher -- a coded message that appears to have remained unsolved. Until now....

 

[mightypeon]

They meet more often than one may think.

In his autobiography of his deeds in WW2, Shukow uses the word "calculating" more often than the word "fighting".

Given the results, one could assume that Shukow would have also been a great mathematician in a more peacefull timeline...

 

[Annie]

They meet more often than one may think.

In his autobiography of his deeds in WW2, Shukow uses the word "calculating" more often than the word "fighting".

Given the results, one could assume that Shukow would have also been a great mathematician in a more peacefull timeline...

Indeed.