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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Elizebeth Friedman dedicated her life to cracking codes and deciphering secret messages. Until recently, her role in taking down Nazis and outsmarting criminals had been hidden away with her classified files, stamped Top Secret Ultra. With just papers, pencil, and her sharp wit, Elizebeth thwarted smugglers, uncovered spy rings, and even cracked the unbreakable Enigma codes. Author Laurie Wallmark and illustrator Brooke Smart reveal Elizebeth's accomplishments...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The fascinating story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst whose painstaking work decoding thousands of messages for the U.S. government would send infamous gangsters to prison and bring down a massive, near-invisible Nazi spy ring in WWII. A suburban wife and mother who led a secret double life, her remarkable contributions to the science of cryptology would only come to light decades after her death when classified government...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
From bestselling and award-winning author-illustrator Marissa Moss, praised for her accessible blend of narrative nonfiction with graphic novel-style chapter openers in The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner, comes another fascinating story of a groundbreaking woman in STEM. One of the founders of U.S. cryptology who would eventually become one of the world's greatest code breakers, Elizebeth Smith Friedman (1892-1980) was a brilliant...
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