BBC 密码破译者 布莱切利庄园的幕后英雄
“真正的数学 对战争没有任何影响”
--G·H·哈代《一位数学家的辩白》1940年著
这位英国数学家名叫Bill Tutte
This is a British mathematician called Bill Tutte.
估计你从没听说过他
You won't have heard of him.
然而在1943年 他的辛勤努力
But in 1943, he pulled off what many believe
造就了二战史上最伟大的战绩
was the greatest intellectual feat of World War Two.
它缩短了战争进程 拯救了成千上万的生命
It shortened the war and saved millions of lives.
Bill Tutte逝世于2002年 他的成就
He died in 2002 without ever being officially recognised
却从未得到官方的认可
for his achievement.
这位是Tommy Flowers
This is a former GPO engineer
英国邮政局的一名工程师
called Tommy Flowers.
1944年 他根据Tutte的数学理论
In 1944, he turned Tutte's mathematical ideas
发明了世界上第一台计算机
into the world's first computer.
Tommy Flowers于1998年逝世
He died in 1998.
他的故事 也许你亦不曾耳闻
Chances are, you won't have heard of him either.
然而 正因为他们和布莱切利其他人的共同努力
Backed by the brightest talents of Bletchley Park,
英国才能破译德军最高级的密码
they allowed Britain to break a top secret machine
它曾被希特勒所用 所向披靡
employed by Hitler to dictate the course of the war.
这并非大名鼎鼎的Enigma
This machine was NOT Enigma.
而是一种更隐蔽也更有力的武器...
It was something far more secret and significant...
你肯定没有听说过它
and you definitely won't have heard of that.
它就好比希特勒的黑莓手机
It was Hitler's Blackberry really.
这条情报能让战争提前结束好几年
That intelligence probably shortened the war by a couple of years.
他们是布莱切利的无名英雄
They were the forgotten heroes of Bletchley Park.
在暗潮汹涌的情报战争里 两个人改变了世界
This is the story of a secret war and how two men changed the world
然后消逝在了历史的尘埃中...
and then disappeared from history.
