Monday, July 27, 2015

Bill Nye’s Mom Was A World War II Code Breaker



You may know Bill Nye, The Science Guy from the wheeled-in TV cart at school or maybe from the YouTube video I showed to your class last year about probability. Bill Nye is real person and is a real scientist who believes that we need more students interested in science, math and engineering.

Bill Nye's Mother was a WWII code breaker She operated some of the first computers ever built. They were built for a single problem, breaking the German Enigma code in WWII.


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Here's a picture of Bill Nye as a kid with his Mom.
You may know Bill Nye from the wheeled-in TV cart at school, but there's more to the man beyond the classroom.
 
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For more information on what Bill Nye has to say about his Mom, click here.

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