The First Enigma Codebreaker  
The Untold Story of Marian Rejewski who passed the baton to Alan Turing
Author(s): Robert Gawlowski
Published by Pen and Sword
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ISBN: 9781399069120
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The First Enigma Codebreaker is the story of a man who started a revolution in cryptology and the conflict between man and machine. This is a powerful story of the life of Marian Rejewski and how history can affect individual lives, presented to the public for the first time.

This examination of how Marian Rejewski changed the course of cryptology is of great interest to everyone from the avid historian to Hollywood film producers and all those in-between. As Gawlowski’s biography shows, Rejewski was an unassuming man who used his mathematical, skills as well as his extensive linguistic abilities, to start cracking the Enigma code before passing the baton on to the now renowned Alan Turing. This is a fascinating, human story about the man Marian Rejewski, which also ties up the loose threads of the Enigma story and shows the importance of the Polish involvement in that process.

The First Enigma Codebreaker looks at those involved in cracking the Enigma and also takes a look at an aspect that has rarely been discussed in great detail, the story of Marian Rejewski himself, and how he endured life in post-war Communist Poland shining a light on situations such as how Rejewski managed to decode the machine, what happened to him during the Second World War, and the price he had to pay during the post war period.
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The First Enigma Codebreaker is the story of a man who started a revolution in cryptology and the conflict between man and machine. This is a powerful story of the life of Marian Rejewski and how history can affect individual lives, presented to the public for the first time.

This examination of how Marian Rejewski changed the course of cryptology is of great interest to everyone from the avid historian to Hollywood film producers and all those in-between. As Gawlowski’s biography shows, Rejewski was an unassuming man who used his mathematical, skills as well as his extensive linguistic abilities, to start cracking the Enigma code before passing the baton on to the now renowned Alan Turing. This is a fascinating, human story about the man Marian Rejewski, which also ties up the loose threads of the Enigma story and shows the importance of the Polish involvement in that process.

The First Enigma Codebreaker looks at those involved in cracking the Enigma and also takes a look at an aspect that has rarely been discussed in great detail, the story of Marian Rejewski himself, and how he endured life in post-war Communist Poland shining a light on situations such as how Rejewski managed to decode the machine, what happened to him during the Second World War, and the price he had to pay during the post war period.
Table of contents
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Birth
  • Chapter 2: Family and Growing up
  • Chapter 3: Studies in Poznań
  • Chapter 4: Göttingen and First Professional Steps
  • Chapter 5: Warsaw and the Break of Enigma
  • Chapter 6: The Best Years of Life
  • Chapter 7: Handing on the Baton in the Relay
  • Chapter 8: The Outbreak of the Second World War
  • Chapter 9: Arrival in Great Britain
  • Chapter 10: The Time of Transition
  • Chapter 11: Return to Post-War Bydgoszcz
  • Chapter 12: Life in a New Reality
  • Chapter 13: The ‘Staff ’ and ‘Targowica’
  • Chapter 14: Recording and Operational Case No. 819/56: ‘Cryptologist’
  • Chapter 15: The Little Stabilisation
  • Chapter 16: I am the One who Cracked the Machine
  • Chapter 17: Ne gaspille pas le temps, parce que le temps c’est le matière dont la vie est faite
  • Chapter 18: Everyday Life and Secrets of Enigma
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Endnotes
  • Plates
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