President Barack Obama presents the Medal of Freedom to economist Robert Solow during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on Nov. 24, 2014 in Washington, D.C. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty ...
Ensconced in a lorry, hidden from the enemy by the brow of a hill, the young Robert Solow decoded the radio signals of Nazi platoons across Italy. “We were very, very good at it,” he said. The trick ...