In Reply to: That might be true but posted by geoffkait on December 29, 2014 at 14:11:42:
The basic principle of the Enigma has not changes, there were extra layers added (extra wheels and the programming board), dramatically increasing the complexity. At some point it simply exceeded the capabilities of the Polish specialists and their equipment, plus they were under the occupation.
Point is - the Turing's contribution was based on previous work, so it is right to give the credit where it is due. Like the Apollo flight could not have happened without the Mercury, most technical breakthroughs rely on achievements of others.
In addition, while the Enigma work rightly took plenty of limelight, I am not sure it was his main contribution to science - the computing machines might be that.
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- That is all well documented - Victor Khomenko 14:19:18 12/29/14 (5)
- The theory of relativity was built somewhat on what others had done before, nevertheless... - geoffkait 14:41:29 12/29/14 (4)
- " It stopped the war" Avoid gross overstatements. - Victor Khomenko 15:06:13 12/29/14 (3)
- MI6 doled out intelligence according to the statistical probabilities to avoid Nazi suspicion. - geoffkait 16:25:22 12/29/14 (2)
- I have not seen the movie, and don't have any particular desire - Victor Khomenko 19:53:36 12/29/14 (1)
- RE: I have not seen the movie, and don't have any particular desire - geoffkait 03:56:18 12/30/14 (0)