Senin, 19 Maret 2018

Thomas Jefferson’s Beautiful Mind

A secret code that took more than 200 years to crack offers a unique glimpse into the creative genius of our most enigmatic Founding Father. Thomas Jefferson was as much of a connoisseur of secret codes as he was of fine wines. So in December 1801, his friend Robert Patterson, a mathematics professor at the …

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