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WWII Enigma Machine: The Enigma Project - YouTube - 0 views

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  • The Enigma Project from Cambridge University is a presentation by Dr James Grime about the fascinating history and mathematics of codes and code breaking. From the Greeks and Romans to the modern day, including a demonstration of a genuine World War II Enigma Machine.
  • Kim Ammons on 26 May 13
     
    The Enigma Machine used by the Nazis in WWII enciphered messages using a series of wires and rotors, and it took mathematicians Marian Rejewski and Alan Turing to decipher this complex coding machine.
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Beale Papers | Cipher Mysteries - 0 views

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  • In 1885, a short pamphlet was published containing a strangely compelling story - a kind of cross between Edgar Allan Poe and the Wild West. It claimed to record a letter written in 1822 by a Thomas Jefferson Beale to a Mr Morriss, which in turn claimed to contain three encoded texts (now known as ‘B1′, ‘B2′, and ‘B3′) describing the location and beneficiaries of a huge treasure haul hidden in Bedford County, Virginia during 1819 and 1821.
  • Kim Ammons on 19 May 13
     
    I read about these papers in my trade book for this course (The Code Book by Simon Singh), and I almost ripped my hair out when I found out they were unsolved!  Some evidence points to it being a hoax while other evidence points to its genuineness.  What do you think?  Can you take a crack at it?
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