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Marian Rejewski
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Marian Rejewski was a Polish mathematician and inventor whose field of work included mathematics and cryptography. Born in Bydgoszcz in 1905, he was educated at High School No. 1 in Bydgoszcz, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, and the University of Göttingen. He served as an employee of the Polish Land Forces and the Cipher Bureau, and also worked at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. Rejewski participated in World War II and was awarded the War Medal 1939–1945.
He spoke Polish and German. His published work includes *Wspomnienia z mej pracy w Biurze Szyfrów Oddziału II Sztabu Głównego w latach 1930-1945*. Rejewski died of a myocardial infarction in Warsaw in 1980. He is buried at Powązki Cemetery.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1905
- Died
- 1980
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Wspomnienia z mej pracy w Biurze Szyfrów Oddziału II Sztabu Głównego w latach 1930-1945
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1918-03-21
- Active to
- 2013-08-20
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 1
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Free radicals and antioxidants in normal physiological functions and human disease
· 2007 · cited 11,007x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,205x
- IntCal13 and Marine13 Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curves 0–50,000 Years cal BP
· 2013 · cited 9,541x
- Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
· 2014 · cited 9,237x
- Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls
· 2007 · cited 7,930x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Marian Adam Rejewski , ( 1905-08-16 ) 16 August 1905, Bromberg , German Empire (now Bydgoszcz , Poland)
- Died
- 13 February 1980 (1980-02-13) (aged 74), Warsaw , Poland
- Occupations
- Mathematician and cryptologist
- Known for
- Solving the Enigma-machine cipher
- Awards
- Order of Polonia Restituta , Grand Cross War Medal 1939–1945 Knowlton Award IEEE Milestone Award.
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Marian Adam Rejewski ( Polish: [ˈmarjan rɛˈjɛfskʲi] ; 16 August 1905 – 13 February 1980) was a Polish mathematician and cryptologist who in late 1932 reconstructed the sight-unseen German military Enigma cipher machine, aided by limited documents obtained by French military intelligence.
Over the next nearly seven years, Rejewski and fellow mathematician-cryptologists Jerzy Różycki and Henryk Zygalski, working at the Polish General Staff's Cipher Bureau, developed techniques and equipment for decrypting the Enigma ciphers, even as the Germans introduced modifications to their Enigma machines and encryption procedures. Rejewski's contributions included the cryptologic card catalog and the cryptologic bomb.
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