Henry Gunther: The Last Soldier to Be Killed During World War I

Henry Gunther: The Last Soldier to Be Killed During World War I

Just after 5 o’clock on the morning of 11 November 1918, British, French, and German officials gathered in a railway carriage in the Compiègne Forest, north of Paris, to sign an agreement that would end hostilities between the Allies and their last remaining opponent, Germany. The Armistice stipulated that fighting would cease on land, at … Read more

What Is Encryption? From Caesar to Enigma Machine

What Is Encryption? From Caesar to Enigma Machine

This article is an excerpt from a book produced by Zhihu: “Cats, Einstein, and Cryptography: Quantum Communication That I Can Understand” From Julius Caesar to Sherlock Holmes from Nazi leader Hitler to the father of AI, Turing… How did the ultimate code in the field of communication come into being? All of this must start … Read more