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«Este libro debería ser el próximo Figuras ocultas... Una historia que cualquier persona interesada en la época tiene que leer, una pieza clave del rompecabezas sobre el esfuerzo bélico de los aliados», Washington Post. Corre el año 1916, el excéntrico magnate George Fabyan contrata a Elizebeth Smith, una joven maestra cuáquera y poetisa, para que encuentre los mensajes secretos que según su creencia contienen las obras del dramaturgo William Shakespeare. Elizebeth se traslada a su lujosa finca con la esperanza de pasar el día estudiando libros antiguos, pero los estrechos lazos de Fabyan con el Gobierno y las urgencias de la guerra transforman rápidamente su misión. Pronto aprenderá a aplicar sus conocimientos a una nueva y apasionante empresa: descifrar mensajes secretos sin conocer la clave. Junto a ella trabaja William Friedman, un científico judío que se acabará convirtiendo en su marido y compañero de codificación durante toda su vida. En La mujer que rompió los códigos, el escritor y periodista Jason Fagone relata la vida de esta extraordinaria heroína que desempeñó un papel fundamental en la historia, desde la Primera Guerra Mundial, la Ley Seca, hasta su lucha contra el fascismo. Una joven brillante que ayudó a atrapar a gánsteres y contrabandistas, desenmascaró una red de espionaje nazi en Sudamérica y libró una batalla clandestina contra el Reich de Hitler, descifrando varias versiones de la máquina Enigma utilizada por los agentes alemanes para ocultar sus comunicaciones. Un libro que rinde homenaje a una heroína anónima cuya historia es comparable a la de otras grandes tecnólogas, como Ada Lovelace y Grace Hopper, y cuyas contribuciones, hasta ahora ocultas, alteraron el curso del siglo XX.
This book should be the next Hidden Figures.... A must-read for anyone interested in the era, a key piece of the puzzle about the Allied war effort.-Washington Post. It's 1916, eccentric tycoon George Fabyan hires Elizebeth Smith, a young Quaker schoolteacher and poet, to find the secret messages he believes are contained in the plays of playwright William Shakespeare. Elizebeth moves to his luxurious estate hoping to spend the day studying ancient books, but Fabyan's close ties to the government and the urgencies of war quickly transform her mission. She soon learns to apply her knowledge to an exciting new enterprise: deciphering secret messages without knowing the key. Working alongside her is William Friedman, a Jewish scientist who will eventually become her husband and lifelong coding partner. In The Woman Who Broke the Codes, writer and journalist Jason Fagone chronicles the life of this extraordinary heroine who played a pivotal role in history, from World War I, to Prohibition, to her fight against fascism. A brilliant young woman who helped catch gangsters and smugglers, unmasked a Nazi spy ring in South America and fought a clandestine battle against Hitler's Reich, deciphering several versions of the Enigma machine used by German agents to hide their communications. A book that pays tribute to an unsung heroine whose story is comparable to that of other great female technologists, such as Ada Lovelace and Grace Hopper, and whose hitherto hidden contributions altered the course of the 20th century.
This book should be the next Hidden Figures.... A must-read for anyone interested in the era, a key piece of the puzzle about the Allied war effort.-Washington Post. It's 1916, eccentric tycoon George Fabyan hires Elizebeth Smith, a young Quaker schoolteacher and poet, to find the secret messages he believes are contained in the plays of playwright William Shakespeare. Elizebeth moves to his luxurious estate hoping to spend the day studying ancient books, but Fabyan's close ties to the government and the urgencies of war quickly transform her mission. She soon learns to apply her knowledge to an exciting new enterprise: deciphering secret messages without knowing the key. Working alongside her is William Friedman, a Jewish scientist who will eventually become her husband and lifelong coding partner. In The Woman Who Broke the Codes, writer and journalist Jason Fagone chronicles the life of this extraordinary heroine who played a pivotal role in history, from World War I, to Prohibition, to her fight against fascism. A brilliant young woman who helped catch gangsters and smugglers, unmasked a Nazi spy ring in South America and fought a clandestine battle against Hitler's Reich, deciphering several versions of the Enigma machine used by German agents to hide their communications. A book that pays tribute to an unsung heroine whose story is comparable to that of other great female technologists, such as Ada Lovelace and Grace Hopper, and whose hitherto hidden contributions altered the course of the 20th century.