Some Human Factors in Codebreaking

Abstract

Christine Large, who has been Director at Bletchley Part since 1998, describes how human ingenuity and, in particular, the Poles' early contribution, led to breaking a seemingly insoluble problem: the Enigma machine. She speaks in reference to Dillwyn Knox's seminal meeting with Marian Rejewski and the collaboration between men and machines that flowed thereafter. Some human factors that can lead to vital "breaks" are highlighted. Bletchley Park's current role in Anglo-Polish diplomatic relations, including a joint public information campaign instigated as a result of the film, "Enigma," is explained.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA422371

Entities

People

  • Christine Large

Organizations

  • NATO Science and Technology Organization

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Control Systems
  • Cryptography
  • Errors
  • Governments
  • Keyboards
  • Language
  • Machines
  • Materials
  • Networks
  • Numbers
  • Parallel Computing
  • Parallel Processing
  • Second World War
  • Security
  • Steganography
  • Teamwork
  • United States

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.