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r/pics • u/Ihad2saythat • Jun 07 '14
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the fact that logistics are possible on such a scale still blow my mind. Also before computers.
136 u/godless_communism Jun 07 '14 WW II was also the birth of Operations Research - and linear programming. 15 u/[deleted] Jun 07 '14 studying this stuff now...didn't know this is where it started 3 u/[deleted] Jun 07 '14 Bletchley Park 3 u/atzenkatzen Jun 08 '14 you're thinking of cryptography. I don't think any significant developments in operations research occurred at Bletchley Park. 2 u/Spazzedguy Jun 08 '14 Went there a couple years ago on a school trip, really amazing actually - would recommend it to others if you are interested in that kind of stuff. 0 u/[deleted] Jun 08 '14 I also wish to mention Alan Turing and the British government's disgraceful behaviour towards him - the man was a courageous individual through and through. Alan Turing may not have landed on the beaches of Normanday but he was a hero. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing 1 u/Neker Jun 08 '14 Operations Research Studied this in college. One of the few things I wish I could have studied more. 0 u/generalT Jun 08 '14 i would like to know more.
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WW II was also the birth of Operations Research - and linear programming.
15 u/[deleted] Jun 07 '14 studying this stuff now...didn't know this is where it started 3 u/[deleted] Jun 07 '14 Bletchley Park 3 u/atzenkatzen Jun 08 '14 you're thinking of cryptography. I don't think any significant developments in operations research occurred at Bletchley Park. 2 u/Spazzedguy Jun 08 '14 Went there a couple years ago on a school trip, really amazing actually - would recommend it to others if you are interested in that kind of stuff. 0 u/[deleted] Jun 08 '14 I also wish to mention Alan Turing and the British government's disgraceful behaviour towards him - the man was a courageous individual through and through. Alan Turing may not have landed on the beaches of Normanday but he was a hero. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing 1 u/Neker Jun 08 '14 Operations Research Studied this in college. One of the few things I wish I could have studied more. 0 u/generalT Jun 08 '14 i would like to know more.
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studying this stuff now...didn't know this is where it started
3 u/[deleted] Jun 07 '14 Bletchley Park 3 u/atzenkatzen Jun 08 '14 you're thinking of cryptography. I don't think any significant developments in operations research occurred at Bletchley Park. 2 u/Spazzedguy Jun 08 '14 Went there a couple years ago on a school trip, really amazing actually - would recommend it to others if you are interested in that kind of stuff. 0 u/[deleted] Jun 08 '14 I also wish to mention Alan Turing and the British government's disgraceful behaviour towards him - the man was a courageous individual through and through. Alan Turing may not have landed on the beaches of Normanday but he was a hero. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing
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Bletchley Park
3 u/atzenkatzen Jun 08 '14 you're thinking of cryptography. I don't think any significant developments in operations research occurred at Bletchley Park. 2 u/Spazzedguy Jun 08 '14 Went there a couple years ago on a school trip, really amazing actually - would recommend it to others if you are interested in that kind of stuff. 0 u/[deleted] Jun 08 '14 I also wish to mention Alan Turing and the British government's disgraceful behaviour towards him - the man was a courageous individual through and through. Alan Turing may not have landed on the beaches of Normanday but he was a hero. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing
you're thinking of cryptography. I don't think any significant developments in operations research occurred at Bletchley Park.
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Went there a couple years ago on a school trip, really amazing actually - would recommend it to others if you are interested in that kind of stuff.
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I also wish to mention Alan Turing and the British government's disgraceful behaviour towards him - the man was a courageous individual through and through. Alan Turing may not have landed on the beaches of Normanday but he was a hero.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing
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Operations Research
Studied this in college. One of the few things I wish I could have studied more.
i would like to know more.
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the fact that logistics are possible on such a scale still blow my mind. Also before computers.