MATH SCIENCE HISTORY TRANSCRIPTS GABRIELLE:Welcome to Math! Science! History! I have a special episode today that includes an interview with Daniel Shiu, where we discuss his latest article, The Influence of Bletchley Park on UK Mathematics, which was published in the Taylor and Francis journal, Cryptologia. It is such a wonderful article about Bletchley Park and the eclectic individuals that
Francois Viète’s cryptanalysis marked a turning point in the French Wars of Religion, but his genius methods weren’t as complex as one might think.
The date was May 17, 1975. It was just eight days before my ninth birthday, and the package arrived right on time…